Scanning status stuck on 1% - All night!

[towdesign88]

I have avast home edition, XP Dell Dimension c521.
Recently I get his by some virus and I needed to get rid of it.  Avast only sat and still sits on scanning status 1%.  :'( I got rid of the virus/trojan via trend pc cillin but I would still like to use avast.  It has been working for over a year for me.  I tried leaving my computer on all night with the avast running and it still was stuck on 1% scanning status.   Usually is take 1.25 hours to scan my entire hard disk.  I'm afraid to delete avast and reinstall - any directions SOON will be greatly appreciated!

[alanrf]

A number of us were hit by a stuck solid scan when we were using the avast update 090109-0. 

The avast team have taken care of the problem in the 090110-0 update.  So before looking for any other cause it would be best to ensure that avast is up to date with today's update and try the scan again.

[towdesign88]

 ;  Yeah it's working again - very scary since it happened right after I got hit with a trojan.  thanks!!!

[DavidR]

Well if you have learned anything it is quickly seek help on the forums

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