Using avast! Home Edition - AntiVirus

I. Registration: avast! is free for home use. However, it must be registered within 60 days or it will stop working. You register your copy of avast! as follows:

• Right click on the blue circle with the white "a" inside (Fig 1).
• Left click on "Start avast! Antivirus" (Fig 2).
• Left click on "Registration" - you must be connected to the internet to do this. (Fig 3)

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• Left click on "Program registration" (Fig 4).
• The avast! web page will load in your Web Browser (Fig 5)
• Complete fields asking for your e-mail address, Name, Address, Zip, City/Town, Country.
  Place a check mark in the box "for personal and non-commercial purposes only."
  Left click "Next". You are asked how you heard of avast!. Put a check mark in the "From a Friend" box.
  Left click "Next". You are asked if you want to participate in Beta-Testing. You do not!
  Left click "Register".
  Within 5 minutes you will receive your License Key in your e-mail. Copy this number and type (or paste) it into the registration box shown below.
  Left click "OK". Registration is done.
  You will be asked to do this again in 14 months. This is just to let them know you still want the service and automatic updates.

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II. Configuration:

• Right click on the blue circle with the white "a" inside (Fig 1).
• Left click on "Start avast! Antivirus" (Fig 2).
• Allow the test of Memory and Startup to run, then a blue rectangular screen will appear as shown (Fig 6).
• The second item is "Resident Protection".
  Left click on "High" or whatever appears in that space. A small box will appear with a slide bar. Slide the bar back and forth until the word "High" appears. Left click on high to lock in the High Resident Protection.
• The fifth item is "Automatic Updates".
  Left click "On" or whatever appears in that space. A box will appear (Fig 7)
• Make sure that the black dot appears in "Automatic" for both "Virus Database" and "Program"
  Left click "OK"

Configuration is now finished

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III. Performing the Scan:

• Right click on the blue circle with the white "a" inside (Fig 1).
• Left click on "Start avast! Antivirus" (Fig 2).
• Allow the test of Memory and Startup to run;
  a blue rectangular screen will appear as shown in Figure 6.
  On the right side of the blue rectangle in Figure 6 are three icons.
  The top icon looks like a blue box or hard drive.
  Left click on this icon and a box will pop up (Fig 8).

Figure 8

• Slide the bar to the right until it says "Thorough Scan".
  Also put a check mark in the box beside "Scan archive files".
  Left click on the triangle icon on the left (looks like a 'play' button).
  The scan will begin and run to completion.
• If a virus is detected, a siren will be heard and a woman's voice will announce "A virus has been detected".
  Left click on the "Delete" option.
  In the next Window, Left click on "Delete permanently".

SPECIAL NOTE: avast! Home Edition AntiVirus updates automatically, usually once a day or once every two days, without any input from you. So any time you are connected to the Internet you may get an update of the virus database or program from avast!
This will be accompanied by a man's voice announcing that "Your virus database has just been updated". We mention this so this announcement from your computer does not come as an unwelcome surprise.