#Avast smart scan failed how to#

Reboot when done to finalize your changes. One way to get to what you want is to strip Avast down to the bare-bones and select real-time scanning, webshield scanning, and behavior shield only. Deep Scan: Click Scan now on the Deep Scan tile. To start your preferred scan: Smart Scan: Click Run Smart Scan, then click Next when prompted to progress to the next stage of the scan. Follow the steps below to open Scan Central and run a scan: Open Avast Security and click the More scans icon. One caveat: There have been a few posts of users not wishing avast to scan their sensitive data even it is a paid for feature, and all reporting this scanning option is not removed from Smart Scan even after using the 'Modify' button. You can run any scan from the Scan Central screen. Click Browse, tick the box next to a file or folder, then click OK. Add an exception in one of the following ways: Type the specific file/folder path or URL into the text box, then click Add exception.

Select General Exceptions, then click Add exception. If you just click the big button in the middle of Avasts Status screen, it runs a Smart Scan. Open Avast Antivirus and go to Menu Settings.

#Avast smart scan failed how to#

See the second attached picture on how to do this. Alas, despite past successes Avast failed this latest test. Since you've already deselected 3 of the 4 scan options, suggest you go a little further and modify selected features from their default 'on' settings to 'off' by clicking the Modify box. Attached below will show the four default scan settings for Smart Scan highlighted.