system
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Does Avast run scheduled or automatic scans of my system? I cannot seem to find a way to schedule scans or events anywhere in the program.
RejZoR
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Scheduling is only available in Pro version. Its better to use On-Access Scanning then scheduled…
If you have Windows 2k/XP you can schedule a boot time scanning…
You can make a schedule into Windows Tasks with the program ashQuick.exe (see avast folder) but you can configure or use parameters for it.
Like RejZor said, it’s a Professional version feature 
system
4
OK., thanks for the info.,
I’m guessing that this means that I must activate a preboot Windows system scan manually then since a Windows task will only run once Windows is up and operational?
RejZoR
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I don’t quiet understand what you mean,but but i think this is what you are asking for…
When you schedule Boot-Time scan you have to restart machine to perform it. After it scans all files(disks) the system will automatically boot to Windows. Boot-Time Scan is run only once after scheduling it,so if you wan’t to use it again after scanning with it you have to schedule it again.
Eddy
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There is always the taskschedular in windows which you can use to schedule a scan.
system
7
Hello;
Actually what I am trying to do is to schedule a weekly FULL pre-boot scan of my system, just like Norton AV can do, but I am understanding that this is not possible with the free version. Correct?
By using Windows Task Scheduler I do not think that I can program scan events such as the pre-boot full system scan, unless I am missing something.
Thanks;
Peace~ &
Be Well!
Scott C,
igor0
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Indeed, scheduling a boot-scan once a week (or something like that) is not possible (not even in the Pro version). However, if you’re familiar with registry, you may be able to do it manually.
- Schedule the boot-time scan, just as you want it.
- Open regedit and export the value BootExecute from the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
(make sure it’s really just the BootExecute value, not the whole Session Manager - you may have to edit the resulting .reg file). Save the file e.g. as bootscan.reg.
- Using Windows scheduler, schedule the command
regedit.exe /s (some path maybe)\bootscan.reg
That could do the trick 