How do I enable a boot scan?

[asdasmos]

How do I enable a boot scan?

When I right click avast and try to select it, the boot scan option is faded out.....


Thanks ahead of time

[Lisandro]

You can't.
Only on avast 5.1 version you could have this feature for 64 bits. Nowadays, it's not available.

[asdasmos]

You can't.
Only on avast 5.1 version you could have this feature for 64 bits. Nowadays, it's not available.

why did they stop it?

[Lisandro]

why did they stop it?

It was never available. It's a new feature.

[asdasmos]

why did they stop it?

It was never available. It's a new feature.

ohhhh..... so i have to buy which version to have it?

[Lisandro]

ohhhh..... so i have to buy which version to have it?

Boot-time scanner is available on 32bit WinNT/2000/XP/Vista for avast Home (free) and Professional.

[Confused Computer User]

why did they stop it?

It was never available. It's a new feature.

ohhhh..... so i have to buy which version to have it?

Hi asdasmos,

Welcome to the forum.

No need to pay anything.

The issue is this. As Tech pointed out,

Boot-time scanner is available on 32bit WinNT/2000/XP/Vista for avast Home (free) and Professional.

As you are well aware since you have a 64-bit computer (and supposedly a 64-bit Operating system such as XP 64-bit or Vista 64-bit) older applications (software) were developed for the 32-bit systems which were and still are the standard. However with the growth and development of 64-bit Platforms, software vendors will develop software for it.

In this case avast offers the same protection on the 32-bit and 64-bit with the exception of the boot-time scan. When Version 5.1 will be released, the boot-time scan will be avvailable on the 64-bit architecture as well.