New User of Avast Home, couple ?'s

[Joe_1957]

I've looked around, the answers are  probably right in front of my face and I can't see them.

I read a thread regarding timing of scans. It appears that with Pro you can set it to scan at a certain time, but with Home you cannnot. Is that correct?

What about updates? Can one set Home to look for updates every X number of days? If one can't, what is the default? I can't find it. I don't really like having an AV program and not knowing when it's updating.


Joe Fisher
Teacher, K-8
Kalispell, MT

[igor]

Yes, the Pro version includes the scheduler - you can "program" given task to be run at given date/time. In the Home version, it is possible to simulate this feature to some extent using the Windows Scheduler - there was some info on this forum.

For the updates, I would suggest to check the FAQ page - look for the text How does the update service work.

[Joe_1957]

Thank you for the reply. I found out the update answer right after I postedy question.

It says it checks every 4 hours.

Joe Fisher
Teacher, K-8
Marion, MT