avast! - help: virus scanning

Sensitivity

You should specify the scanner sensitivity. You can choose from 3 levels:

Quick

Only the possibly dangerous files are scanned, according to their extension. It means that the files with extensions EXE, SCR, COM, DOC, etc. are scanned. Within the file, avast! looks only for those viruses that infect the corresponding type of file. It means that macroviruses are not searched for in EXE files etc.

Standard

Only the possibly dangerous files are scanned, according to their content. The file extension is ignored. Again, only the viruses corresponding to the particular file type are searched for.

Thorough

All files are tested, against all viruses.

Also, you can specify whether avast! should scan the content of archives.


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