Do a DOS scan

Hi all,

I have been an Avast fan for awhile now but have a question. When you install Avast for the first time it asks if you want to do a DOS scan on reboot. Is there a way to have this done after you have it installed? i have a virus it found and to remove it and fix it a DOS level scan should do the trick but I cannot find anything in the interface or documentation thats lets me know how to do this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, short answer.

Longer answer:
If avast detects something that it can’t deal with (file in memory, file in use, etc.) I believe it offers a boot-time scan. You can however initiate it manually.

If you have XP, vista32bit or Win2k, you could enable a boot time scan. Right click the avast icon, select Start avast! Antivirus, Menu, ‘Schedule boot-time scan…’ Or see http://www.digitalred.com/avast-boot-time.php.

Are you using Windows XP/Vista?

Scheduling the Boot Time Scan

Click on the Menu button.
Choose Schedule Boot Time Scan.
Doing so displays a dialog allowing you to schedule virus scanning.
Check Archives, if you want scan all the archives.
Specify whether all the disks or just a specific folder should be scanned.
Select Advanced options for scheduling details.
Select how to automatically process infected files (suggestion: send to Chest)
Choose how to automatically process infected system files (suggestion: ignore/do nothing)
Click the Schedule button to confirm the settings.