Bitdefender online scan?

What gets installed when using the online scan, how long does it usually take scanning and does my files get sent to their website for scanning?

ps I dont think I’m infected its just that I worry that Avast isnt detecting something as I always hear of people moaning that nothing was detected with Avast, I’m not knocking the software as I like it but I guess I am slightly paranoid

Is Avast ever going to implement a fully featured heuristics engine as when I used Norton it was slow and bloated but knowing that there was heuristics for unknown viruses made me feel safe, even if the heruistics werent as effective as they would appear

If the website uses ActiveX, an ActiveX control gets installed. You may also find the scanner creates a directory to store components, definitions etc…

The scanner may appear in Add/Remove Programs- you can remove it from there.

Some scanners send a report of any malware found to the parent company. You may be asked to approve this before it happens.