#Avast smart scan stuck update#

Please run AVG Clear tool to remove AVG traces completely using below. I'm not sure off the top of my head what logging you can get into with the full scan but see how you get on and I'll have a look next time I can. Vantage Smart Performance Services: Your PC performance assurance. (Avast) Richard, I regret for the inconvenience caused. full and boot checks, however one of the best feature of Avast is Smart Scan.

#Avast smart scan stuck update#

After that, perhaps try a boot-time scan and then the full again, see how far you get after all that. Then, check if the Avast update stuck at initializing issue has gone. Seems like you're a version behind on Avast (I can't check what's on my PC right now but the Avast forum says the latest is ) so I'd get that sorted first with instructions here. I assume the smart scan works OK? Are you on Avast Free or one of the paid / trial versions? Have you tried the boot time scan? How much stuff do you have on that hard drive? And what's it generally consist of - do you have a lot of downloads, big ZIP / RAR / 7z archives etc? Refer to the sections in this article for details about the following Virus Scans: Smart Scan: a comprehensive scan that detects malware, out-of-date software. So before we get all 'yeah try this click that do the other' just bear that in mind, because giving a hard drive more things to do when it's dying is probably the last thing you want to be doing.

Wait until the Avast application is repaired on your computer and. Thanks for the details.Д«efore we get into this, do you have a recent good (tested) backup of anything you'd cry about losing? One possibility here is that your hard drive is on its last gasp. Avast Smart Scan gets stuck while the program is running due to some internal system issues.