Hi!
I was wondering if it would be possible to skip the initial Quickscan. There’s no option to do so. It is VERY annoying, The quick scan process takes up a LOT of CPU, memory and time. I always cancel it, but the process continues to run for a few minutes (even though I cancelled the quick scan), eating up memory and CPU Cycles.
I usually install avast on brand-new PCs, so I KNOW they’re virus-free.
Could it be possible to make it optional???
please!
A checkbox next to “run a quick scan after installation” in the installation options would do the trick.
When, while installing?
avast does not run Quick Scannings automatically… Only if you schedule them.
avast at boot time is also scheduled by the user and not automatic.
On the various machines with varying operating systems that I have installed avast! on, the quick scan during install takes no more then 60 seconds. It doesn’t seem like a big deal to me??
I don’t know what machines you’re talking about, but on a little older PCs, the scan takes very long and the most annoying is that the AShquick.exe process keeps running after you’ve cancelled the scan, taking up huge amounts of memory and CPU time. Even on new PC (dual core 3.0Ghz, 2GBs RAM) it slows down the whole process.
I really don’t think it would be THAT difficut to make it optional…
Anyway, it may not slow down THAT much on new PCs, but I just Don’t want it to run. Period. It is unnecessary and it annoys me.
It is NOT unnecessary. If the computer is infected, avast installation could be damaged and avast won’t work properly. The first scanning is necessary to check critical areas before booting the computer and finishing the installation. Unfortunatelly, in your computer, something is fishy or messy… The scanning takes less than a minute…
It is completely unnecessary if you’re installing on a brand new PC (just assembled and SO freshly installed by me), that I know for a fact that it’s clean. I Just want the option to make it optional, that’s all. I’m not asking it should be removed…
The article is a couple of years old however I am sure that it even applies today
Can you trust that new PC to be malware-free?
When you unbox a brand new computer, you presume that it’s lean, clean and pristine, right? The last thing you expect to find on a new system is malware.
However, that’s one of the first things researchers at Kaspersky Labs found after purchasing and firing up a Companion Touch netbook, a $499 portable from M&A Technology. Kaspersky researcher Roel Schouwenberg told Computerworld that his colleagues noticed “something strange was going on”.
Indeed, three malware programs were found on the netbook.
I would tend to agree with the OP…it shouldn’t be forced on users. If they know that it is clean, then they wont want to waste the time…
I know that I was slightly annoyed at it, when I last installed avast on a machine…
A checkbox next to “run a quickscan immediately after installation” on the customized install should be enough. It is especially annoying on somewhat older PCs (like an XP2600+ with 512MB RAM, for example).Not everyone can afford a core i7 with 8GBs of RAM…
That’s all I ask. Make it optional.
I just hope avast won’t turn into crap like Norton, Macafee or Panda, which can eat up to 500MB RAM (or even more). Those progs might do the job, but…at what cost? I really hate programmers that have absolutely no regard for system resources. Another example is Spyware Doctor, my god, what a piece of crap!
The article is a couple of years old however I am sure that it even applies today
Can you trust that new PC to be malware-free?
When you unbox a brand new computer, you presume that it’s lean, clean and pristine, right? The last thing you expect to find on a new system is malware.
However, that’s one of the first things researchers at Kaspersky Labs found after purchasing and firing up a Companion Touch netbook, a $499 portable from M&A Technology. Kaspersky researcher Roel Schouwenberg told Computerworld that his colleagues noticed “something strange was going on”.
Indeed, three malware programs were found on the netbook.
It seems you didn’t understand what I wrote. I said a PC BUILT BY ME, with OS INSTALLED BY ME, it’s not a computer bought on a store with pre-installed software. get it?
I would not want an av that does not scan during install. When I brought my new Dell home the first thing I did was uninstall McAfee and did a “clean” install of avast. When avast finished its initial scan I knew my system was clean. I also, in quick succession, installed MBAM and SAS.
When I did a quick check of the “new” AVG they did an “optimization” scan (meaning “initial” scan). And AVG was a pain to uninstall. I will stick with avast since “they do” care. Even if the initial scan was optional I think everyone should opt for the scan.
I won’t continue this argument, since you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Period.
There’s another reason why the initial scan might be useless: it is done BEFORE the signatures are updated.
Another reason it should be optional. What’s the point of scanning with two-months-old sigs, for exmaple?
