Avast 5 Free + Free Download Manager

With Avast 4.8 Free, I could get Free Download Manager to run a virus scan using Avast after a download finished by specifying:

C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe

in “Perform virus check” in the “All downloads” tab under the “Download options” option. Never had a problem with this.

I can’t get it to work with Avast 5 Free, even though there’s a file named ashQuick.exe in the Avast5 folder, i.e.,

C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\ashQuick.exe

doesn’t work. I haven’t changed anything else in FDM and browsed to the ashQuick.exe file using the “…” button.

TIA 4 help.

It is working, BUT it will not tell you anything unless there is a threat and to corroborate this, download with FDM a copy of eicar virus test files and immediately a warning will appear

If ashQuick.exe, is in that location that given, then there is something else required in Free Download Manager, some require a parameter. Unfortunately I don’t use Free Download Manager, so I can’t be any practical help there.

wait a sec; I got the parameters…I will edit this post…

OK, I can’t remember who posted that, Igor or pk…

Right now, the following command-line switches are (= will be) supported: /silent - don't display anything even if malware is found (the difference is only in the return code available to the program that launched ashQuick) /action:delete /action:chest /action:repair

Note that:

  • ashQuick always stops scanning when a first malware is found - that’s the one displayed in the final message. So, the fact that the final message shows some “less critical” malware ([PUP], [Susp]) doesn’t mean there isn’t any worse inside if the file is an archive.
  • the action (delete, chest) always works with the whole file, no matter if it’s an archive or not.
  • we’d really like to avoid turning this simple tool into another full-featured scanned, with the same options as the usual GUI-based scans

this said I don’t use ashquick.exe anymore, just redundant with the file shield and you can always add a few packers there if needed.

Also see my post here re how I use ashQuick with FDM:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53767.msg456937#msg456937

Tnx waking! 8) I made some minuscule mods to your batch file to suit my tastes and it works just fine.

I wanted some indication that a file had been scanned after being downloaded with FDM because a scan using ashQuick.exe in Avast5 Free doesn’t pop a window open while it’s running and does not show up in the scan logs in Avast5. Although 4.8 Free said nothing if the scan came up clean, at least I was presented with an Avast window while the scan was running.

Copacetic now!