Is there a way I can get Avast! to keep running when it presents a virus alert popup (or disable the popup)? I run a scan while I’m at work since it takes so long. When I got home today there was an alert popup.
Can I have Avast wait until it is done scanning before reporting any viruses? I’ll never get a complete scan done the way it is now. This is one reason why I stopped using it until recently.
I’m using the free home edition. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
These automated options are only available in the Pro version. This is a limitation of the Home (free) version that it has interactive input requirement, there have to be differences in the Home/Pro version and this is one of them, the programmers have to eat ;D
In the Home version you can check the option “Don’t show this window again” when the first virus warning appears, select the “No action” button. This way, no action will be taken and you will given the results at the end of the scan (and you can perform actions from there). Over time this will become less of an issue, as the resident, on-access scanners are designed to intercept infection before it gets into your system.
There was one suggestion to place something like the eicar test virus at the start of the first drive to be scanned in a file like ~a-eicar.com that should soon be detected and you can do the option “Don’t show this window again” when the first virus warning appears, select the “No action” button. So you should have a list of files waiting your action.