Rootkit Scan Log?

[jimb11]

Where is this found in Avast 5? Also what is the difference between rootkit scan and boot time scan?

[Pondus]

There is no special rootkit log wrong....

Rootkit (a type of malware) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

Boot time Avast Antivirus Scanning
Avast Antivirus offers a "boot time" virus scan of your PC. This allows the antivirus engine to scan all of the files on your hard drive before any other programs load - useful in cases where you have an infection which cannot be cleaned because the "file is in use"

Booting
In computing, booting (also known as "booting up") is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. A boot sequence is the initial set of operations that the computer performs when power is switched on. The bootloader typically loads the main operating system for the computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting

[DavidR]

Have you had a look in the avast help file ?
Press F1 when the UI is open, there is a section on Boot-Time scan in the Scanning for viruses heading.

The rootkit scan is specific to finding rootkits (nothing else) and runs 8 minutes after avast starts.
There is a special rootkit log it is here, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Alwil Software\Avast5\log\aswAr.log (for XP users, for other OSes you will need to search).

[Pondus]

There is a special rootkit log it is here,

Thats news to me......thinking there where only one scan log containing everything found....

[DavidR]

No, this one has been around since 4.8.