This is not a major problem, only occasionally a worry.
During my weekly Avast! scan, sometimes (every other or third week) it stops and my computer goes into “Standby” mode.
Once I wake it up, it continues normally.
Is this an Avast based phenomenon or a result of a computer setting?
I have to say that I think Avast! is a super service. It has saved me many of the problems I had before I got it several years ago.
So, thanks!
Can you state the exact scan type you are doing ?
What avast! version are you using, Home or Pro ?
Your on-demand shouldn’t go into standby mode it isn’t part of the correct functioning. Standby is dictated by your power saving settings. Me I don’t use a screen saver and I set my monitor to standby after 5 minutes idle, and progressively to go into complete standby.
I suspect you have a similar setting and there may be some sort of hang in the scan and it goes into standby because it exceeds the power settings for standby.
What happens when you come out of stand by does the avast icon start rotating ?
What file is shown in the Simple User Interface as being scanned ?
This may not be possible to see as it might be quickly be back into scanning, but you may at least be able to see the folder/location it is in. This may give you an idea of what type of files are being scanned at the time, like large media files, etc.
DavidR:
Scanning Local Discs
Avast! Home, 4.7-1029
Screen: 5 minutes
Standby: 10 minutes
As I said, it often completes the scan without stopping.
Thanks for the input.
Based on your power settings that may be the likely scenario avast scanning a large file, but I would have though the power settings would have been smart enough to realise that although there is no screen activity and shutdown the monitor it shouldn’t go into full standby whilst there is any CPU activity.
There is a HDD setting, mine is set to 15 minutes and full standby after 20 minutes, so I would have thought that the nil HDD activity would be long enough to prevent standby during a scan. So I would suggest that you extend the standby time for HDD inactivity and full standby.
Either that or find what is taking so long to scan, large media files, video, audio, etc. and exclude those from scans. But I think extending the power settings may resolve this.
Are the fans working perfectly?
Sometimes, scanning freeze and standby operations are started by overheat…
Im also having sort off porblem with the boot scanner…
but it happen only on windows vista at certain laptops only…
Try the beta version and it’ll be corrected. Check the pinned threads of the board.