Right click 'scan for virus' not available/visible anymore

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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HI,

Avast version 7.0.1474
Definitions 121125-0

Running Win XP sp3
Windows Firewall
Have run MBAM, CCLEANER.

When I right click on a file i can no longer see the option to ‘scan for virus’.
This problem seemed to appear yesterday (24/11/12).
I can scan individual files through the user interface.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

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Open Avast! > SETTINGS > Basic > mark “SPECIAL SCANS” :wink:

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Thanks iroc9555 but that’s made no difference.

Just to clarify, this relates to when I have Windows Explorer open, say, and I’m looking at all the folders in the pc.
If I right click on a file in the main window there is usually an option to scan the file with avast but that is now not there.

Cheers.

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If you got SPECIAL SCANS activated, you should have Avast! Windows Explorer right click scan. Also Scan from Windows explorer, and Screen Saver Scan should be in:

Avast! > SCAN COMPUTER > Scan Now > Scan from Windows Explorer.

If you do not, better do an Avast! repair:

Start > Control panel > Add & Remove programs > select avast! and click “Change/Remove”. Look for “Repair” and click it. Reboot when done.

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Hi iroc9555,

The repair worked.
Thanks!

What might have caused this, something I did?
Avast is set for automatically downloading the updates and manually updating the version.

Thanks again.

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Glad it is working again and you are welcome.
What cause it ? Who knows. A corrupted file, a hiccup, a computer glich, an updated. Hard to know.
I got my updates settings just like that, and it is manually updating the program not the version.