Manual reload of avast AV service after definitions update?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Well, don’t ask why… I simply like to schedule this update stuff via Windows task scheduler. for many products. Makes it easy to review things in one place. The definition updates via ashUpd.exe work perfectly fine, but the service apparently needs a restart after that to actually use the new definitions. Can’t figure out how to do it automatically without disabling the self-protection thing in configuration (get a prompt otherwise). So, what’s the secret here? :stuck_out_tongue:

TY :wink:

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Usage: ashUpd.exe vps [/silent [/nodetails]] [/autoreboot] [/help]
ashUpd.exe program [/silent [/nodetails]] [/autoreboot] [/help]

   /silent -- do not display the GUI and modal Summary screen
   /nodetails -- do not print the console summary in silent mode
   /autoreboot -- reboot the computer after update, if necessary
   /help -- display this help screen
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Well, yes… but that I already have working. However, note that the new definitions will not get used until you restart the service… which you can of course do via net stop/start but then you get the self-protection prompt from Avast unless disabled. So, I want a command-line equivalent of what’s used by the built-in Avast updater, since with that you don’t get any prompt.

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Should be fixed in the next update.

Thanks
Vlk

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Great, thanks. 8)