Hi Folks, this is my time on here so hope I get things right! I’m wondering how I can schedule Avast to do a scan say once a week, on a specific day at a specific time - is this possible? I did try in the Control Panel and “scheduled tasks” but having set it up I got the message that it may not run because the Account info. could not be set. Specific Error 0x80070005 Access is denied. I should add that I am the only user on the PC. Any help appreciated. Thanks Bramble
This is a function that is available in the pro version only but there is a work around for the home version.
HOWTO: Scheduled Automatic Scans w/ Free Version!
The major disadvantage with the task scheduler trick of using ashquick.exe is, it will scan every file of the hdd, partition, folder or file that you set it to scan; even those files not considered a potential threat, this can take a long time.
The Pro version gives a lot more flexibility and the scan would follow the settings and exclusions, etc. of the regular scan.
I prefer to do a manual scan with my regular weekly maintenance tasks.
Thanks very much for the info. appreciate the help, now I can stop looking! bramble