Thanks, I don’t have it pinned down on the dock, I already have it on the menu bar, I would prefer to keep my dock only for the apps I regularly use (not a running ‘service’).

What about dragging to avast window when it’s open? in 7 and 8 there was a small area for doing this, now it could be the full window.

I’ve always thought it was kind of strange that avast! didn’t use the Finder context menu facility for scanning on demand, seems to be such an obvious choice? I know it requires placing a file in /Library/Contextual Menu Items/, but this could be installed/uninstalled from the preferences.