Thanks David. Never thought to use the Eicar test virus like that.
No problem, glad I could help.
Welcome to the forums.
That is exactly why I registered as well someone please answer the above question. If you cant that is a huge minus on avast anti-virus over other anti-virus software.
I'm really not sure what it is that you are asking, didn't I just answer the question.
You don't say what version you are using Home/Pro ?
Lets not lose sight of the fact that you can get this free and for the most part isn't crippled in comparison with other free AVs. You cet virtually everything that is in the pro version in the free version when it comes to protection: anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, web shield, email scanning, P2P scanning, Instant Messaging scanning.
Effectively the same protection as the Pro paid option which has a Script blocker (web shield to a degree also provides this functionality), more automated actions on detection, enhanced user interface, and a little more configurability, now compare that with other free AV options.
Also in my post,
Over time this will become less of an issue, as the resident, on-access scanners are designed to intercept infection before it gets into your system. So there will be less occasions when avast actually finds a virus that wasn't detected by the resident scanners. I have had avast for over four and a half years and haven't found this to be a handicap (or a minus) in any way.