Make avast home auto deal with threats - possible?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Is it possible to make avast automatically chest/delete a threat when it is found, rather than having the “Warning. A virus was found!” popup

It’s for my parents, and I just want it to be as simple as possible for them :slight_smile:

thanks,
matt

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Yes is better to move the virus into the chest(if you know the application than dont delete it and if you know it than move it into chest)after that try to use the Virus Recovery Database (VRDB) to repair).

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You don’t mention if this is for an on-access or on-demand scan or both ?

These automated options are only available in the Pro version. This is a limitation of the Home (free) version that it has interactive input requirement, there have to be differences in the Home/Pro version and this is one of them, the programmers have to eat ;D

On-Access Scan:
You only have a limited option in the Home (free) version, to send the infected file to the virus Chest (silent mode, with general answer no, see below).
My own feeling on this is you should use the default interactive action. This way you know exactly what is going on with your system. Though making it simple for your parents is a different game again.

See the avast help file, Resident Protection: Standard Shield Provider Settings - “Advanced” Page.
Click on Standard Shield and then on Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and select Silent Mode and the General answer No.

Leave the file in the chest for a few weeks (it can do no harm from there) to ensure no adverse effect from being moved to the chest. Then scan the file again in the chest to ensure it is still detected as infected and if so delete it from the chest.

  • Standard Shield Silent Mode:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/for-dwr/SilentModeStandard.jpg

Note: this option is also in the Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange (if using MS outlook, not express) providers.

  • ON-DEMAND SCAN - In the Home version you can check the option “Don’t show this window again” when the first virus warning appears, select the “No action” button. This way, no action will be taken and you will given the results at the end of the scan (and you can perform actions from there). Over time this will become less of an issue, as the resident, on-access scanners are designed to intercept infection before it gets into your system. -

There was one suggestion to place something like the eicar test virus at the start of the first drive to be scanned in a file like ~a-eicar.com that should soon be detected and you can do the option “Don’t show this window again” when the first virus warning appears, select the “No action” button. So you should have a list of files waiting your action.