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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: jlaak5 on March 30, 2009, 07:23:30 AM

Title: Avast
Post by: jlaak5 on March 30, 2009, 07:23:30 AM

Hello everyone,

I have decided to give Avast Anitvirus a try, and have a couple of questions.   First of all,unless I am missing it, I cannot find a way to set up a daily scan..............Secondly a question regarding the scanning options.   I am looking for the best of both worlds, quick & thorough scans, that being said, is it necessary to scan the archived files everytime?

Thanks,

Title: Re: Avast
Post by: harry 48 on March 30, 2009, 04:17:41 PM

i did the same to-day i'll wait for the answers to if you dont mind , help will come

Title: Re: Avast
Post by: evilfantasy on March 30, 2009, 05:18:14 PM

Unless you do a lot of unsafe surfing or downloading risky files a quick scan should be sufficient. And you should only need to do one weekly, or every other week.

Personally I don't do virus scans with Avast, rather when I do a virus scan I will run an online scan from BitDefender or ESET. I figure if something got in and Avast didn't catch it then doing a scan with it won't be much better.

HOW TO: Scheduled Automatic Scans w/ Avast! Free Version! (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796)

BitDefender Online Scanner (http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html)
ESET Online Antivirus Scanner (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php)