Automatic Scanning.

[Michael Pyron]

Does anyone know if you can set up the freeAvast Home addition to scan automaticly other than using the screen saver function?
I am totally blind, and I also would like to know if there is any way I can tell that program is scanning in the background.
Any help would be verry much appreciated.

[sham1313]

I hope some one answer you soon and I hope when I am able to come back to the computer I can learn some thing new about avast scanner. till next time.
Sharon sham1313

[onlysomeone]

Hi Michael Pyron!

I don't know exactly what you mean, but avast! is designed to permanently scan the files and programs you use!
It is an On-Access-Scanner. This means that it (avast!) scans a file when you open/use it.

To see if the On-Access-Scanner works you can simply click the avast-symbol in the taskbar and click on details...
There you should see that files are being scaned.

yours
onlysomeone

[Tarq57]

Scheduled scanning is not available in the free version. There are a couple of workarounds which work OK. Search for "scheduled scans" in the forum. Here's a few posts found as a result of a forum search. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=3796.0 http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=43732.0 http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=43315.0

[Michael Pyron]

Thanks, I'll try the first link. It sounds like what I  am looking for. Trying to schedule a  scan. I  am using Win 98 Se. Hope it works.

Scheduled scanning is not available in the free version. There are a couple of workarounds which work OK. Search for "scheduled scans" in the forum. Here's a few posts found as a result of a forum search. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=3796.0 http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=43732.0 http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=43315.0