How do I enable a boot scan?
When I right click avast and try to select it, the boot scan option is faded out…
Thanks ahead of time
You can’t.
Only on avast 5.1 version you could have this feature for 64 bits. Nowadays, it’s not available.
why did they stop it?
It was never available. It’s a new feature.
ohhhh… so i have to buy which version to have it?
Boot-time scanner is available on 32bit WinNT/2000/XP/Vista for avast Home (free) and Professional.
Hi asdasmos,
Welcome to the forum.
No need to pay anything.
The issue is this. As Tech pointed out,
As you are well aware since you have a 64-bit computer (and supposedly a 64-bit Operating system such as XP 64-bit or Vista 64-bit) older applications (software) were developed for the 32-bit systems which were and still are the standard. However with the growth and development of 64-bit Platforms, software vendors will develop software for it.
In this case avast offers the same protection on the 32-bit and 64-bit with the exception of the boot-time scan. When Version 5.1 will be released, the boot-time scan will be avvailable on the 64-bit architecture as well.