Where is the avast boot scan log

If malware prevents Avast Antivirus from running a Boot-Time Scan, you can run Windows in Safe Mode and use the Boot-Time Scan scheduler.Run a Boot-Time ScanReboot your computer and start Windows in Safe Mode with Command Prompt according to the instructions on the relevant Windows or third party support pages: Windows 10 | Windows 8/8.1 | Windows 7 | Windows Vista | Windows XP In the Command Prompt window, type the CD command and the location of your Avast installation file (C:\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast by default), then press Enter ↵. If typing the default location does not work, you may have saved your Avast installation file to a different location. Type the CD command followed by the location where your Avast installation file is saved and press Enter ↵. Type the sched /A:* or sched.exe /A:* command, then press Enter ↵ to schedule a default Boot-Time Scan of all local drives on your system. To view all command line options, type sched or sched.exe, then press Enter ↵. When the Command Prompt dialog indicates that the Boot-Time Scan is scheduled, type shutdown /r, then press Enter ↵ to re-boot your computer to run the Boot-Time Scan. After your computer restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears as Windows begins loading. For any detected threat select which action to take. The scan usually takes several minutes but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files to be scanned. When the scan is completed or skipped, Windows continues booting up.To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. Avast Premium Security 21.xAvast Free Antivirus 21.x Microsoft Windows 11 Home / Pro / Enterprise / EducationMicrosoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1 with Convenient Rollup Update, 32 / 64-bit Updated on: 02/06/2022

Whenever I run a full system scan of my hard drive, Avast 4.8 Home Edition stops at a file with a potential virus. It has a very long file name with a lot of random numbers for most of it, but the first characters are always “EasyPDF”. I always say to move the file and add the “.vir” extension. I then go to the moved folder and delete that file.I’ve tried searching my hard drive for any files that start with “EasyPDF” and can’t find any. How can I find where this file resides and get rid of it forever? DavidR July 3, 2008, 5:25pm 2 There is no point in moving and then finding and deleting it almost instantly, effectively the same as choosing delete.Deletion isn’t really a good first option (you have none left), ‘first do no harm’ don’t delete, send virus to the chest and investigate.What is the infected file name, where was it found e.g. (C:\windows\system32\infected-file-name.xxx) ?Check the avast! Log Viewer (right click the avast ‘a’ icon), Warning section, this contains information on all avast detections. But you’ve deleted it, how will you find it? ???To be sure you’re clean, I suggest:Disable System Restore and reenable it after step 3.Clean your temporary files.Schedule a boot time scanning with avast with archive scanning turned on. If avast does not detect it, you can try DrWeb CureIT! instead.Use SUPERantispyware, MBAM or Spyware Terminator to scan for spywares and trojans. If any infection is detected, better and safer is

Changes to green (ON). Then, click Download next to Get specialized antivirus definitions. When you click Download on the Boot-Time Scan screen, Avast One downloads all virus definitions from a cloud database. If you skip installing specialized definitions, Boot-Time Scan scans your PC based only on the last virus definitions that were downloaded. If you see Installed instead of Download, your virus definitions are up to date. Restart your PC. When the system restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears. The scan usually takes several minutes, but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files being scanned. To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. If any threats are found, a notification window appears. Click See results. The Scan history screen shows the following scan results: Threat name: Specifies the type of detected threat. Location: Shows the file path where the threat was detected on your PC. Status: Explains the action taken to resolve the threat. When an infected file is detected, Avast One will try to fix it. If repair is not possible, the file is moved to Quarantine. If this fails, the file is deleted. To learn how to manage threats moved to Quarantine, refer to the following article: Avast One Quarantine - Getting Started. Click Done to exit the screen. TroubleshootingIf you have completed all of the steps above but you are still experiencing issues, please contact Avast Support. Avast Premium Security 24.x for WindowsAvast Free Antivirus 24.x for WindowsAvast One 24.x for Windows Microsoft Windows 11 Home / Pro / Enterprise / EducationMicrosoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1 with Convenient Rollup Update, 32 / 64-bit Updated on: 02/01/2024

OK. If your default view is set as Category, select Uninstall a program in the Programs panel. ...or if your default view is set as Icons, select Programs and Features. Click Installed On to sort the programs by the most recent date of installation. Uninstall any recently installed unknown programs from unknown publishers by right-clicking in the relevant program panel and selecting Uninstall. Enable the PUP scan in Avast Antivirus by completing the following steps: Open Avast Antivirus and go to ☰ Menu ▸ Settings. Select Protection ▸ Core Shields. Under Potentially unwanted programs & tools tick the circle next to Resolve automatically to enable it. Set up a Boot Time Scan in Avast Antivirus to run on the next reboot by completing the following steps: Open Avast Antivirus and go to Protection ▸ Virus Scans. Under Boot Time Scan click Open now. Click Install definitions, then click Run on next PC startup. When you click Install definitions on the Boot-Time Scan screen, Avast Antivirus downloads all virus definitions from a cloud database. If you skip installing specialized definitions, Boot-Time Scan scans your PC based only on the last virus definitions that were downloaded. If Install definitions is not displayed on the Boot-Time Scan screen, your virus definitions are up to date. Restart your Windows PC. When the system restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears. The scan usually takes several minutes, but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files being scanned. To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. For any detected threat, Avast Antivirus applies the action specified in your application settings. If you disabled automatic actions and threats are detected, tick the boxes next to relevant threats and select Resolve all or Resolve selected. When the scan is complete, Windows continues booting up. Remove a browser hijackerFollow the steps below to resolve the issue:Ensure your Avast One application is up to date by following the steps in this article: Updating Avast Antivirus. Reset the affected web browser to its default settings by following the steps in

I was wondering how can i run Boot-Time scan without need of running avast! GUI (in case if some virus blocks GUI startup). system May 14, 2004, 8:38pm 2 This thread might help. Technical gets very technical towards the end. RejZoR May 14, 2004, 8:57pm 3 Aha thanks,but unfortunately there is nothing about Boot-Time scan :-\ Actually this is for my tweak tool for avast! so its somehow very important to me (and also useful in case of some serious system infection). RejZor the boot time scanning must be configured at the Windows Registry.Probably you must check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager dnd the value BootExecute.You must add a reference to aswBoot.exe after the ‘autocheck autochk *’ value usually there.Take care, I did not test this way before…You will make the dirty work. If it works, will you add to your great tweak tool? ;D RejZoR May 16, 2004, 6:56am 5 Ofcorse i’ll add it! This will be solution for all infections where avast! cannot run because some virus kills it immediatelly when its detected in memory. VPS and Core update function is already implimented in my tweak tool so you can update avast! even if its not running. If i manage to add this than hehe it will be a very good day ;D RejZoR May 16, 2004, 7:16am 6 Ok i got all required resources! Now comes the fun part (scripting ). I think new version of tweak tool should be ready today with new boot-time scan function. RejZoR May 16,