How to Set Avast Schedule Scan?
All versions of Avast allow you to Schedule an Avast Scan on your computer. We will discuss the method about the latest version of Avast, which is “20.10.2442” released on 9 December 2020. Even if your version is higher than this, you must find the following method operational as major UI changes are rare for any software.
Just follow these simple steps so you can easily Schedule a scan from your Avast Antivirus.
- Open ‘Avast Antivirus’ from Bottom right on the ‘Icon Bar’ or search it in the Start Menu.
- In the Avast Security Interface, open protection settings by clicking on ‘Protection’ in the left column.
- Click on ‘Virus Scan’ in the protection interface.
- Next, click on ‘Custom Scan’ to modify directories to be inspected.
- Here, you click ‘Create A new scan’ and chose a name for the scheduled scan.
- Select an option from the “frequency” drop-down menu, like “daily”, “weekly”, “monthly” according to your need.
- Now select a “day” and “starting time” for the scan. Even if you set a time, Avast will ask for permission if you are amid a task at the selected time on a particular day.
- Save your scan by clicking ‘Save’ Button.
- Your scan has been scheduled successfully, and it will automatically start at your chosen time.
Conclusion
This was a simple method for scheduling a scan on latest versions of Avast Antivirus. I hope you found this method helpful. If you see any changes in a later version, let us know in the comments below so we can update the information in this article.
If you face other similar problems with Avast’s new UI, check out our other articles to resolve your issues.
Reference
https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/Antivirus-Boot-time-Scan/
