Avast (home) and Ad-Aware

[MikeBCda]

Hi,

This might have been brought up before, but I wasn't sure how to set up search terms that wouldn't turn up a zillion references to Ad-Aware.

My Standard Shield settings are High.  Is it normal for the shield to be "triggered", with the blue "a" ball rotating, almost continuously through an Ad-Aware disk scan?

I'm accustomed to brief activity any time an application starts up (or even just my opening a folder) while the shield checks it out, but an Ad-Aware scan is the only thing I'm aware of that generates this almost continuous visible shield activity.

Probably totally normal -- I'm guessing that a "deep" A-A scan involves opening files to check their contents, and that of course would get avast's attention.

Thanks and best,
Mike

[igor]

Probably totally normal -- I'm guessing that a "deep" A-A scan involves opening files to check their contents, and that of course would get avast's attention.

I think that's really the case here.

[CharleyO]

The same happens when I do a deep scan with Ad-aware. So, that is probably normal. It doesn't seem to slow the scan down any.      

[Vlk]

Well you can temporarily turn on the 'Display detailed info on performed action' in Standard Shield's settings to see which files are being scanned...

[RJARRRPCGP]

The repeated blue ball rotation is normal when files are being accessed.

[MikeBCda]

Thanks guys -- since no warnings were popping up, this was more a matter of curiosity than concern.  But of course it's nice to hear that I'm not the only one who sees this inter-action between A-A and avast.

So the "a" ball can spin its little heart out all day, I guess, just means it's doing its job.  

[bob3160]

Mike,
It just means that Big a-Brother is watching...........

[Lars-Erik]

My Standard Shield settings are High.  Is it normal for the shield to be "triggered", with the blue "a" ball rotating, almost continuously through an Ad-Aware disk scan?

I usually stop the on-access scenner in avast! while doing scans with Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D.  If I don't then avast! scans ALL files these programs scans, and the scan takes forever :-)

BUT, if you keep avast! enabled then you will get a virus scan of all your files as well, so once in a while it could good to leave it on

[bob3160]

Lars - Erik,
That's a great idea for at night provided you leave the system on anyway.
That way you're killing 2 birds with one stone  almost anyway.