"Would you use an AV which does not include any on-demand scanning feature? "

[Left123]

Let me edit the question,my question,your answer.Why would i?

[system]

funny how quite a few posters here understood the contrary of the question that was asked

on access = resident scanner = file system shield, web shield etc…
on demand = manual/scheduled scans = quick/full/custom scans

hope that helps ;D

[Left123]

Still wondering.Why would i use an av which does not include on-demand scanner.An av which includes on-demand scanner is more beneficial.No?

[system]

Add me to the misunderstood

Ok, without an on demand scanner - i.e. no quick scan for example…

I would say no, even though I don’t really do many on demand scans - more for the forum than anything else - I still find them useful to catch stuff that I missed when testing. (like temp files from the use of the likes of jsunpack, or files I send to VT or avast)

[system]

@Left123 post:23

Still wondering.Why would i use an av which does not include on-demand scanner.An av which includes on-demand scanner is more benefitial.No?

that’s the point… is it really…?

[system]

An idea?

When installing for the first time?
On-access may not necessarily pick up things that are lurking…

[Left123]

@Logos post:25

@Left123 post:23

Still wondering.Why would i use an av which does not include on-demand scanner.An av which includes on-demand scanner is more benefitial.No?

that’s the point… is it really…?

So you could explain me as i have “misunderstood”,the point.

[system]

@DavidR post:14

@ Logos
Well most resident on-access AVs as far as I’m aware also have on-demand scanning, so I’m not so sure you would come across that scenario too often other than perhaps cloud AV solutions.

yeah the question says “would…”… keeping in mind that there are no such products yet. I thought about cloud AVs but I think that even Panda Cloud for instance allows manual scans… not sure, I just tried it once or twice a while ago.

@DavidR post:14

I think avast’s full range of shields (web, p2p, IM, mail, etc.) to try and keep malware out, backed up by the file system shield (FSS) much depreciates the need for an on-demand scan. For the most part on-demand scans are going to be scanning what are dormant or inert files, the FSS would be scanning active files.

However, new signatures are added constantly and generic/heuristic signatures updated, so it is possible that something that was previously undetected could be picked on the on-demand scan (depending on the scan type). Whilst active files should be picked up by the FSS on-access scanner.

yeah, that’s the thing, even a dormant malware (undetected by previous AVS updates) doesn’t matter really, as it’d be picked up by the file shield when the file gets “activated” - as long as a new VPS detects it. If the FS still doesn’t, then an on demand scan wouldn’t either. Remains the case of unscanned archives, doesn’t matter either as they’ll be scanned at unpacking time.

@DavidR post:14

I too never bothered with scheduled scans with avast 4.8 Home (using the ashQuick.exe hack); as you mentioned the convenience of the avastUI and inclusion of scheduled scanning even in the free version, I do a scheduled weekly Quick and monthly Full System scan.

Since I’m using avast I don’t have to make the decision about an AV that doesn’t have on-demand scanning, so that bridge remains uncrossed.

again, I didn’t start this thread to refer to any other existing AV solution. Thought it was obvious that I was talking about AV conceptions. One last thing, the resident scanners are so good now that I wouldn’t be surprised if on demand scanning modes were ditched progressively by security software companies.

[system]

@Left123 post:27

@Logos post:25

@Left123 post:23

Still wondering.Why would i use an av which does not include on-demand scanner.An av which includes on-demand scanner is more benefitial.No?

that’s the point… is it really…?

So you could explain me as i have “misunderstood”,the point.

nope I meant that “is it really” >>> beneficial

[Left123]

@Logos post:29

@Left123 post:27

@Logos post:25

@Left123 post:23

Still wondering.Why would i use an av which does not include on-demand scanner.An av which includes on-demand scanner is more benefitial.No?

that’s the point… is it really…?

So you could explain me as i have “misunderstood”,the point.

nope I meant that “is it really” >>> beneficial

Well,at least that’s my opinion.Every simple feature is something useful and as far as i know on-demand scanner is not useless.

[Pondus]

I thought about cloud AVs but I think that even Panda Cloud for instance allows manual scans... not sure, I just tried it once or twice a while ago.

Yes it has something called "Optimised scan" and "Full scan"....it also does a bacground scan after install, you will see some hardisk activity, not sure if this is similar to the "optimised scan"

[Asyn]

@Logos post:11

Obsolete?

In deutsch: obsolet - bedeutet auch hinfällig/überflüssig.

[system]

I wonder if this thread has some more relevance now? Not having an on-demand scanner may perhaps have saved some users from adding to their grief in last night’s FP episode.

(or perhaps having an on-demand scanner from a different company).

(luckily I missed the update)

[Zyndstoff]

@mag post:33

I wonder if this thread has some more relevance now? Not having an on-demand scanner may perhaps have saved some users from adding to their grief in last night’s FP episode.

(luckily I missed the update)

Good point.

To answer the initial question: yes, I would (and have a second scanner handy in case of. MBAM for instance.)

[Charyb-0]

It depends. The boot time scan in Avast is an on-demand scanner. I haven’t ever used another antivirus product that had this feature. I would definitely want to keep this. But as for other on-demand scans, I don’t schedule any scans. So if it includes getting rid of the boot scan then the answer would be no.