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I have just installed Avast Antivirus [v 10.9 (43971)] - free version - on my Mac (OS X Yosemite). Unfortunately all the information on the web relates to v 8 so is not applicable. So this Post is to ask some questions:

  1. Is there anywhere on the web - other than the Avast Forum - that has information on Avast V 10??
  2. Is there an Avast User Manual for v 10 (Mac)??
  3. If at some time in the future I want to uninstall Avast what is the recommended process??
  4. I have had some alerts - relating to emails - but there is no option associated with the alert (e.g. delete/put in quarantine). Am I missing something?? There was nothing put in quarantine??
  5. Is there a way to delete historical reports??
  6. On some reports it states that some files could not be scanned by Avast. How do I find out which files these are??
  7. In the scan settings - the default is a tick against “Report potentially unwanted programs (PUP)” - could you explain what this means/give me an example??
    8] In the scan settings - the default is no tick against “Scan whole files” - could you explain what this means/give me an example??
  8. If there is no tick against “Scan whole files” what files/folders are actually scanned??
  9. Does Avast scan archived files/compressed files??
  10. Does Avast have a heuristic process to try to detect zero day threats??

If you open the UI, don’t you see a question mark (?) somewhere ?
If so, click on it.

Quickstart guide:
http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-quick-start-guide-en.pdf

No ? anywhere on my UI!!

No Help anywhere!!

Quick Start Guide does’t have much content plus it is not for the current version (v 10). I think that it relates to v 8 or v9.

Hmm no question mark…
I had expected it to be there like it is in the Windows version.

No document(s) is the avast folder?

(I have no MAC, so I have to guess for options.)

Help from a Mac user of Avast please.

Many thanks.

Have patience.

Someone who knows more about the mac version will soon help you.