FILE NAME for Avast Free Windows version Virus Database

General Topics
1

I will use Windows’ Task Scheduler to make scheduled updates of virus database, but I need the name of the file that updates it.
Is it ashUpd.exe or VisthUpd.exe or some other one?

I appreciate the help, please.

2

You can’t do it with the Home version, as far I know.
But maybe the file is ashUpd.exe program /silent /nodetails

3

Yes, you can do it, because I have done it for scheduledscans using the method.
I only need the right name for the file( .exe)

Thanks

4

The update process is somewhat different to scheduling a scan using the work around with ashQuick.exe as that file is designed to be called to scan a file/s, where as the avast update is designed to be automatic.

5

Thank you for your reply.
I set up the Windows scheduler to use the VisthUpd.exe and it worked a few minutes ago at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time.
However I was not aware that it updates automatically.
I don’t know if that works with the Free Home version 4.8, I can delete it.
Does it work with this version?

Thanks.

6

At default settings, avast! Home automatically checks for updates every 240 minutes (4 hours).
This period can be adjusted by right-clicking on “a” tray icon > Program Settings > Update (Basic) > Details

7

These are two unrelated commands. You’re scheduling ashQuick.exe through Windows Scheduler. You’re not scheduling a avast scanning like in the Pro version. You have no flexibility.

The minimum time for Home version is 120 minutes.
In Pro version you can go unlimited.