Scanning files

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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How do I use avast to scan one file? Let us say I have downloaded one file from the internet and I want to scan just that file. How do I do it? Thanks. :-[

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Right click the icon of the file you want to scan and select Scan (file name). It should be a quick easy scan.

I hope this helps you. :slight_smile:

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Well you have a few possibilities :wink:

First you can scan the file with ashQuick(the explorer extencion) - just right click on the file and in the context menu you will have the option “scan XXXX”(where “XXXX” is the name of the file) That’s it ;D

Or you can manual set your download manager to use ashQuick program to scan the file right after the file is downloaded :wink:

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Right click the icon of the file you want to scan and select Scan (file name). It should be a quick easy scan.
There is no choice to select avast! on my right-click drop down menu. How do I configure avast! to show on my right-click menu.
First you can scan the file with ashQuick(the explorer extencion) - just right click on the file and in the context menu you will have the option "scan XXXX"(where "XXXX" is the name of the file) That's it
Where can I get ashQuick? Thanks for your help.
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avast Program Settings, see image.

ashQuick is an integral part of avast, C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe

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ashQuick is there but is not working. avast! is set according to the illustration but when I right-click on a file there is still no option to scan with avast. Is there something wrong with my settings or is ashQuick corrupted? avast is working fine, I just wished that I could be able to scan a file if I felt like doing so. Thanks

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So, if you click on any file or folder, you don’t have the option “Scan …” in the context menu?
What operating system do you use?

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XP Home SP2. On my context menu I only have the option for ewido anti-trojan but not for avast. Thanks.

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Strange.
In regedit, check the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers - is there an avast! subkey there?

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Yes, there is an avast subkey/folder there. Thanks

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OK. What’s the content of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID{472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24}\InProcServer32
?

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OK. What's the content of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24}\InProcServer32 ?
Sorry, no content there. Only: Name Data Type Size Description ab[default] avast REG_SZ 6 There is only this key: [b]HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24}, [/b] with the above text written in blue.

Might have deleted it somehow.

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Strange, it contains the text “avast”?
The default value of this key should be of REG_SZ type, but containing C:\Program Files\ALWIL Software\avast4\ashShell.dll (of course, it might be different if you changed your avast! installation folder).
Try to change the value to see if it appears.

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Try to change the value to see if it appears.
Do not know how to do that, and which value must I try to change?
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The default (“nameless”) value of the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID{472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24}
should point to the file ashShell.dll in avast! installation folder.