Unfalse positives in scan scheduled under other account

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I am using the free version of Avast, and I just scheduled a quick scan using the procedure at http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796. I did this as administrator, but I expect to be logged in using a non-admin account for 999% of my usage. I’d appreciate any advice on the following:

  • What exactly happens if the scan finds something?
  • Given that the scheduled scan is an Administrator account’s task, will whatever is suppose to happen still happen if I’m logged into my usual non-admin account?

Thanks.

2

Are you talking about avast! 4?

3

I got Avast 5.1.889.

4

The post you mention is hardly relevant for avast! 5 - the functionality of ashQuick.exe has changed.
Anyway, avast! 5 contains scan scheduler even in the free version, so it’s kinda pointless to use similar “hacks”.

5

Er…that’s interesting. I had tried to find a scheduling tab or page by browsing the GUI. Couldn’t find it. Now that I see your mention of this native capability, I searched the Help. There is a Help page on Scheduling, but it doesn’t say how to navigate to it. Am I missing something?

6

You can set a schedule for a particular scan by going to Scan Computer in the AvastUI and clicking on Settings. It’s the bottom item on the left there.

7

We might have different versions. I found it by going to ScanComputer->CreateCustomScan->Scheduling. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, though.

8

No need to go thru CreateCustomScan. Click the Settings button on any scan listed (custom or not) and Scheduling will be there.

9

Ah yes. I had to expand the details for a scan type. Thanks for that.