Scanning external (NTFS) hard drives with Avast & Ubuntu

[ghost123uk]

Hi all, new to here (but not new to forums  )

I am no expert with Linux but I am learning.

I got Avast (V 1.3.0) installed and fully updated on my fully up to date Ubuntu box.

Trouble is I cannot get Avast to "see" any external (USB) drives.
They show up in Ubuntu's "Disk Utilities" as being mounted, and of course I can browse the disks contents, I just cannot figure out how to get Avast to "see" it.

I even tried to put the path in the Avast GUI (/dev/sdb1) but no go.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards to all
John in the N.W. UK

[Lisandro]

Isn't they on the /mnt folder?

[ghost123uk]

Isn't they on the /mnt folder?

Thanks for the input Tech, though on my machine the /mnt folder is empty.

However, to answer my own question and for the benefit of others, I found it 

It is in the folder named MEDIA that is in the root of the file system.

Avast now "sees" it and scans it just fine 

The Linux learning curve continues...

[zilog]

Hallo,
don't mix device (/dev/sdb1) and the path where its filesystem content is mounted (/mnt/whatever probably?). This is the path you should point avast to.

regards,
pc