Little Question about scan report file.

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello to all :slight_smile:

I have one little question.

In the folder C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\report I have one file called Simple User Interface.txt
Yes I know that this file is used for storing scan reports, but now comes the strange thing - the file is about 77MB :o
And everytime when I try to open the file my Notepad crashes.
This isn’t normal, is it?

P.S. > I am using the Bulgarian language pack, thats way in the attachment the file name is in Bulgarian.

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It is perfectly normal that Notepad crashes. Notepad can’t handle such large files. Try Worpad, Word, Worperfect, StarOffice or OpenOffice.

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OK thanks Eddy :slight_smile:
I’ve opened the file with WordPad.
But I still wonder if there is a way to clean this file, because 77MB are a lot of space?

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Just delete it.

5

It’s normal that the file be so big if you check the ‘OK files’ into Report settings and you have a huge number of files in your computer.

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Won’t this damage something in the program?

I don’t use this option.

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No, a new log file will be created when you scan your computer.

So, the problem is that you ‘append’ the report and does not replace it by a new one.
There is this option there.

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Tech just beat me to it, I got that “another reply has been posted” thing as I was about to throw in my two cents.

While it’s remotely possible that you could get a report that big from a single scan, he’s right that you’re mostly likely appending reports to each other. Go into Program Settings/Report File (or, of course, Bulgarian equivalent) and there’s a tick-box to overwrite previous reports rather than appending to them.

Under rare circumstances when you’re trouble-shooting you might want to see a “history” of several scans, but most of the time you’ll only want the most recent one.

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OK thank you all for the help ;D

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Thanks Mike. Don’t give up… I can’t be here all the time and you’ll substitute me with advantage 8)