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After installation, it rebooted the computer and performed a boot level scan. Hello, I downloaded and installed the Avast AV (home) edition on my Windows XP (Service Pack 2) computer.You can only choose one drive at a time on the scan volume menu, so how did avast! Decide to continue onto the secondary HD? I started the avast! Scan on the Macintosh HD and after a few hours I noticed that it had completed but then continued on to scan the Data HD.This can be very useful when dealing with stubborn infections.

It will scan the system before it fully loads into windows.

Avast has a great feature that lets you perform a boot time scan.

It scans for known types of malware and removes threats before the operating system and other services are running.

If you suspect that your PC contains malware, Avast Antivirus allows you to schedule a Boot-time Scan to run the next time your computer starts.

I have the option to escape if I want to, but I don't want. When I boot up PC, it does what looks like to be an entire scan of system.

XP, Compac Presario I just unloaded AVG and went to Avast.

I am disappointed that AVG and Webroot Secureanywhere will not coexist well, but can only place 1/2 the blame on AVG.įor some reason having Webroot Secureanywhere alongside AVAST Antivirus does not impair functioning of the AVAST Boot Time Scan at all. After deleting the wrsa.exe folder from the registry and rebooting again, the AVG Boot Time Scan finally installed, I set it to Scan, and upon reboot the AVG Boot Time Scan now functioned properly.

And there left behind after a "full" uninstall of Webroot was the registry entry for wrsa.exe, Webroot's main program file. Then I thought to search the registry for possible leftovers from Webroot. Even after uninstalling Webroot, rebooting, uninstalling AVG and rebooting, Installing AVG again and rebooting - the Boot Time Scan still would not install. Since Webroot worked well alongside AVAST I mistakenly believed that would be true with AVG as well. It turns out that AVG Boot Time Scan will not install while the antivirus Weebroot Secureanywhere is active on a computer.