Thank you , it does clear it up.

“Only the Professional version could automatically take actions over virus detected”, so the feature is not present in the home edition

“On-demand scanning should be fine if you choose a thourough scan of all hard disks.” meaning that it was no mistake that it took forever to make its way through an mpg

I apologize for the blunt topic heading, but blunt though it may be the way avast-home worked is the way it is supposed to work, and not an error on my part.

  1. In the case of what action to take when a virus is discovered, the feture I want is not available in the home edition ( cripple ware) .

  2. In the case of the long time to make its way thorugh an mpeg, that’s the way it is supposed to work ( whether or not you’d call it bad design is the old is it a feature or a flaw)

That said I thank you for clarifying the problem

–G