Does the Stop Virus Action stop the activity?

[system]

Hello. I am trying out Avast Professional and I have a question.

In the Virus pages, where you choose the actions to be taken, I have a question about the “Choose Action” choice. If I allow the “Stop” button to be used as a choice, what does it mean specifically? The help file quotes it as “When the first virus body is found, the task is stopped; no action will be taken with the virus.”

What I am trying to clarify exactly, is:
1.Does this mean that avast just stops scanning that object and allows the user to proceed with opening/running/etc. that file?

or

2. Does that mean that whatever the user was doing, their action will be stopped and not allowed to open/run/etc. the file?

I think I am hung up on comprehending this because of the word “task” used in the help file. That could apply to the users actions or the Resident Protection provider as a task.

Thanks.

[Lisandro]

@twehrle post:1

1.Does this mean that avast just stops scanning that object and allows the user to proceed with opening/running/etc. that file?

Which task are you setting?
If you’re setting the on-demmand scanning, the scanning will continue, the file will be left there but, of course, the resident protection (Standart Shield) will caught the virus IF you try to open, run, it.

@twehrle post:1

2. Does that mean that whatever the user was doing, their action will be stopped and not allowed to open/run/etc. the file?

In fact, the action is taken by avast, not the user. The scanning of that file will stop but not the user actions.
The user actions will continue to be monitored by the resident task.

@twehrle post:1

I think I am hung up on comprehending this because of the word “task” used in the help file. That could apply to the users actions or the Resident Protection provider as a task.

Tasks are internal jobs of avast, not user actions.

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