STOP This FCK Smart Scan Plz

Permanently deleted user

• October 05, 2020 10:03

This new version of Avira rly sux guys !!

I, like hundreds of other people, will not continue to use Avira unless we are given the option to disable this useless and annoying Smart Scan function.

 

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  Hendrik Maier

  • October 26, 2020 09:37

  Hello Michele,
  
  the smart scan is a tool we already had in our previous Avira versions. Therefor, I think you must mean something else.
  However, I'm confused what this might be. The smart scan is a tool which does not activate automatically - you have to perform a scan in order to start the tool. 
  
  Best regards
  Hendrik

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  Permanently deleted user

  • November 04, 2020 13:49

  Hendrik - I think this is what Michele is talking about, and I agree with her. Antivirus Pro runs in the background automatically and daily produces a yellow dot on the umbrella tray icon indicating it has detected something. To see what it has discovered you have to click the Smart Scan button. Invariably this is a waste of time because it is only  a couple of cookies and registry entries. Personally I only want to be alerted if there is an actual threat! Can this pointless alert be disabled or made to just reflect an actual real threat?

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  MICHELE MARINOZZI

  • November 04, 2020 14:02

  Exactly, and at this point it is clear that they will not back their steps ... so for this I have switched to a much better antivirus (AVG) free of unnecessary spam warnings.

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  James Nettles

  • December 25, 2020 21:29

  Wow, Avira really has given up. They are not even deleting mentions of competitors.

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