Can we clear this up once and for all? When exactly does avast home run an antirootkit scan? And Avast Pro, is that different? If it doesn’t to a rootkit scan when doing a regular scan, how can we make the rootkit scan happen on demand?
I only ask because there seem to have been conflicting reports in the forums about this. I install avast for many of our customers and just would like to know what to tell them.
Many thanks in advance
Anthony
On Boot, with the on-demand scan, and the Pro version has additional controls to be able to run it outside of those occasions.
I don’t know if the rootkit scan is also don when you schedule an avast boot-time scan.
Many thanks, that’ll help.
Yes, it is.
Sorry if I seem a little extra daft here, but where in the pro version would there be a facility to do just a rootkit scan on its own?
Cheers
Anthony
Into Tasks there is a Rootkit task that you can configure.
Maybe you need to check ‘Special tasks’ into settings.
I’m araid I don’t see that option in the avast user interface - I just see the other tasks, not the “rootkit” one. I have ticked the box for special tasks…
to add a rootkitscan you just have to do the following:
go to tasks → click on ‘new’ in the upper menu-bar → enter a name for you scan → go to areas → add → select the rootkitscan (quick or full) → remove the ‘local harddrive’-entry (if you want to do a rootkitscan only) → click ‘Ok’
now you should be able to run the scan 
yours
onlysomeone
Ah, thanks, it works now.
yor’re welcome!