Hey All,
In checking my settings, I am a little confused about the action processes. Some questions first:
1.) What are the default settings for the File Settings in the Sandbox Settings and than selection “Actions” on the right side of the screen?
a.) I have Sandboxing Set to Auto.
b.) For File System Shields I have the following set for actions when a Virus, Pup, or Suspicious Program is found:
1.) Move to Chest if that fails than
2.) Delete, if that fails than No Action.
Now the Help prompt for that screen says that those actions will active only if Automatically Detect Actions During a Scan is checked. But in the Sandbox setting there is no Auto perform those actions.
2.) Now the contradiction, or what I believe is a contradiction: If you go to the Full Scan page (or Quick Scan Page Settings) you DO get the option to have the "Automatically perform actions during the scan checked. In this instance, I have the box unchecked. By having the box unchecked, I have the default of “No Action” set.
So my question is, when a virus, Pup, or suspicious program is found, is Avast going to carry out the actions given in my example #1 or in my example #2?
Note that there are only two things that I have changed from the default:
1.) In Boot Time Scans, I have it move anything found to the chest so I don’t have to babysit the thing. I study the results of the scan and the files in the chest and interpret that data when the scan is done.
2.) I have Sandbox Set to Auto, to just have Avast do it’s thing when it finds something suspicious. As long as Avast is protecting me, that is what’s important.
Jack
