how 2 do boot scanning or dos scanning [if possible] ?
i suspect something is wrong & wanna scan my pc … pc is sluggish after loading zinc softy … had posted here 2 …
as scanning in windows didnt find anything [av 4.8 with latest updates] …
how 2 do boot scanning or dos scanning [if possible] ?
i suspect something is wrong & wanna scan my pc … pc is sluggish after loading zinc softy … had posted here 2 …
as scanning in windows didnt find anything [av 4.8 with latest updates] …
It is possible but is also dependant on your OS.
If you have XP, vista32bit or Win2k, you could enable a boot time scan. Right click the avast icon, select Start avast! Antivirus, a memory scan will take place followed by the opening of the Simple User Interface, Menu, ‘Schedule boot-time scan…’ Or see http://www.digitalred.com/avast-boot-time.php.
@DavidR … thanx a lot …
You’re welcome, I assume you have now been able to schedule the boot-time scan.
yes … finished it yesterday … bt full system scan took 21\2 hrs … no problem @least my doubt is clear …
thanx a lot …
1 small ?
in future, if i wanna format my pc & again install avast … can i store\backup virus def updates ? as am on dialup & downloading file size more than 10mb is far 2 difficult …
Well technically no, there is no function to do this, but there is a work around of sorts. I’m a dial-up user and I honestly don’t see a problem in a download the size of a) the avast installation file (about 25MB or there abouts) b) the 400.vps file which is considerably smaller, but I would use a download manager so if the connection should drop out it can be resumed and not have to start all over.
Dial-up Incremental VPS update work around for off-line system. The quote below works, tested on off line system requires a reboot for the WSC to also recognise the updated VPS.
Now this is typically used to update off-line systems so you don’t have to download the fill 400.vps, it could serve the same purpose.
However, if you are going to reinstall then you would be advised to have the latest avast installation file (that is big) and it includes the full VPS up to the time that installation file was created. So if you have already saved the avast installation file, you can do a manual iAVS update and that would just do an incremental update which would be much smaller than the full download of the 400.vps.
Maybe you can exclude (not check) the archive scanning at boot time when you run it.
thanx 4 the replies …
in old days [with norton] i used 2 save the virus def folder before formating my pc … so my downloaded bytes werent wasted … bt none of todays av`s support this …
so this present day, i have relie on pc mag dvd`s which actually have very old defs bt still …
You’re welcome, I think you would find a download manager advantageous.
I’m just resuming a download that I started late last night, which would have needed an hour or so to complete, so I paused it and shutdown. Today shortly after I connected I resumed the download, picking up where it left off. It still has 37 minutes to run which will get extended as I continue to work/browse on-line, but there is no rush, I can pause and resume as I need to.
avast does…
Download the update here: http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/vpsupd.exe
Or copy 400.vps and clnr0.dll files from an updated avast installation to a USB stick and transfer them to the \Data folder of the off-line computer (having disabled the avast self-defence module first).
@tech … will def give it a try … thanx
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