Avast Antivirus

**roosta21** · February 28th, 2006, 11:01 AM

I use avast antivirus. I scan about once every two weeks. No virus is turning up during the scan but there are hundreds of files that are "unable to scan"
Why is this?

**buckaro** · February 28th, 2006, 12:29 PM

Hmm, try running an online scanner if your worried. Or try another AV program such as AVG. I must say i don't get notices saying that some files couldn't be scanned but again, i use AVG.

**erhan28** · February 28th, 2006, 12:51 PM

try trendsoft the creaters of PC cillin to do a free online scan if you are worried about a virus

**wera** · February 28th, 2006, 01:12 PM

I use avg and avast along with zonealarm and spybot. So eh you should try trend micro online scan.

**sweeper2** · February 28th, 2006, 01:14 PM

schedule a "Boot time scan" ... let it run the virus scan before it enters Windows...

not sure why your getting that message, i use Avast Home Edition 4.6 and i havn't seen that message...

**buckaro** · February 28th, 2006, 02:21 PM

wera, do you have both running with their real time scanning? Take a lot of resources while doing the same job IMO. Also try running Ad-Aware, it finds a lot of stuff Spy-bot doesn't. Can't say MS-AntiSpyware does a lot, i don't scan with it anymore as it never found anything!

**EXreaction** · February 28th, 2006, 02:26 PM

Ya if you run the real time scanners there is really no point to running a normal virus scan...the real time ones scan everything constantly.

And ya, if you want to scan, run a boot scan...

**buckaro** · February 28th, 2006, 02:27 PM

I'd still scan, if you get a virus before a description of it is made by the AV software company you could have a problem...

**EXreaction** · February 28th, 2006, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by buckaro

I'd still scan, if you get a virus before a description of it is made by the AV software company you could have a problem...

Ya, but it is scanning everything all the time...if you do have a virus on that it didn't detect before it will detect it when it knows how to(when it updates and "learns" about the virus)...

**buckaro** · February 28th, 2006, 06:02 PM

Yeah, but if that file has been passed as clean...i suppose when it tries to run you'd pick it up. With that said, i never seem to pick up viruses anyway according to AVG, i think its doing a good job!

**orkboss** · February 28th, 2006, 06:18 PM

I am a long time AVG fan. Been using it since 1999. I placed AVG on a neighbours computer a few months ago where there was previously no virus protection. I was suprised how many viruses the computer had picked up, there were loads.

**Tekk** · February 28th, 2006, 06:32 PM

I currently use Avast and previously used AVG for about 6 months. Before that I ran no virus scanner for years without a single problem. It currently seems that Avast slows internet browsing down (probably due to a real-time scanner running) which can be annoying but its usually not noticeable. I may uninstall it in a few days just to test things out.

**EXreaction** · February 28th, 2006, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Tekk

I currently use Avast and previously used AVG for about 6 months. Before that I ran no virus scanner for years without a single problem. It currently seems that Avast slows internet browsing down (probably due to a real-time scanner running) which can be annoying but its usually not noticeable. I may uninstall it in a few days just to test things out.

Ya it might slow down internet browsing...as your online it scans all the websites for viruses...and blocks them or asks you what to do with them when you find one...

**wera** · March 1st, 2006, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by buckaro

wera, do you have both running with their real time scanning? Take a lot of resources while doing the same job IMO. Also try running Ad-Aware, it finds a lot of stuff Spy-bot doesn't. Can't say MS-AntiSpyware does a lot, i don't scan with it anymore as it never found anything!

con sidering the fact that i am and my processor is at 2 % idle and have 87% free system recources i would say im doing fine

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**caro** · March 1st, 2006, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by EXreaction

Ya if you run the real time scanners there is really no point to running a normal virus scan...the real time ones scan everything constantly.

And ya, if you want to scan, run a boot scan...

Oddly avast's online scanner can miss the occasional virus yet still pick it up doing a full system scan.(Go figure hehe) Hence I changed back to AntiVir....though I must confess I preferred the look and ease of avast!

**ZeR0** · March 1st, 2006, 01:39 PM

Everyone is making this so difficult lol.

Boot to safe mode. Run Avast. Reboot = problems solved.

**buckaro** · March 1st, 2006, 04:10 PM

Maybe ZeRO is right, but an extra online scan can't hurt...in fact even microsoft have one now, i think its part of their preparation for Vista, which is all about communities or something. E.g. MS Anti-Spyware Beta, you can sign up to the community to share what you do when you get programs and options of what to do.