i’ve notice lately that under avast on access scanner settings it says no IM’s have been scanned and i had just been IM’ing. the scanner is running. i didn’t reboot between im’ing and viewing. AOL is checked under customize. no logs in event log.
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i’ve notice lately that under avast on access scanner settings it says no IM’s have been scanned and i had just been IM’ing. the scanner is running. i didn’t reboot between im’ing and viewing. AOL is checked under customize. no logs in event log.
?
As far as I know (and if I’m wrong, wouldn’t be the first time), avast’s IM provider is to check files transferred via IM, rather than messages which for all practical purposes can be considered text-only. So if you’re sending and receiving messages only, it’s quite reasonable that avast would show nothing (i.e., no files) scanned.
oh. really? ??? i could have sworn that a while back i checked it once and hadn’t sent files and it said Im’s had been scanned.
oh well, maybe i’m losing my mind.
thanks
You’re quite welcome. And as I said, I could be totally wrong – I imagine the Help files would be a good starting point, which I skipped (mea culpa, mea culpa).
No, you are right
[i]“Instant Messaging” - Provider Settings
The Instant Messaging provider protects your communication programs. Many communication programs are capable of sending and receiving files from other users. This way, it is rather easy to get an infected file and spread it further. Some viruses are even able to spread using the communication programs, without the user knowing about it. The Instant Messaging provider avoids this kind of infection. It monitors the folder where the received and sent files are stored. Whenever the content of the folder changes (a new file appears, a file is modified, etc.), avast! immediately performs a scan. On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 operating systems, all the files modified by the communication programs are scanned (even outside of the mentioned folder). [/i]
alright. thanks for the replies guys.