Scheduled scans missed

Hi All,

I use the 2014 paid version of avast AV on my desktop and laptop. I have scheduled scans set to run once a week. The desktop is on always but my laptop is not. When I use my laptop I expect to see a popup that states a scheduled scan was missed and if I want to run that scan now. This does not happen. I have to remember to run the scan myself.

Should avast know a scan was missed and offer the option to run the next time I boot my laptop?

Thanks for any help,

Charles

I cant say if it does or not as I dont usually schedule one but if that isnt the case it would be a good feature to add.

For me scheduled scans seems to occur based on the following precedence:

  1. Current system status (on/off)
  2. System load at the time the scheduled scan meant to occur.
  3. Time of scheduled scan.

Therefore, if system load is above a certain system load limit, the scan is postponed (perhaps for a fixed time duration and also the system load at that next timing).

Note:If a scan fails to occur within a particular day, the scan is skipped altogether till the next scheduled scan (this at least is the way it happens for me consistently).

I think that a good feature to add would be an optional popup which is unchecked by default, to notify more advanced users who want to know that Avast! missed the previous scheduled scan. :wink:

P.S. I am not too sure what happens if the system is off when a scheduled scan is meant to occur.

The problem of missed scans has been addressed years ago by many av and anti-spyware vendors. For this reason I can not believe that avast has not addressed this issue yet.

I hope someone from avast reads this post and fixes the over sight.

Thanks for the feedback,

Charles