Hello Putnam,
I understand how something like this can really try your patience. Please do not worry, I will guide you to change the scheduled scan time from AVG.
Open the AVG AntiVirus free installed in your computer and click on settings icon next to "Scan now". You can see the "Scheduled scan" settings in the next window. Please click on the same and from here you will be able to change the time of scheduled scan.
I cannot find where to change time schedule for scans in latest free version (17.5.3022). Older version (I have used AVG Free for years) had a daily scan set to run overnight. This version is running during office hours and it's killing my productivity. Thanks
Hello Putnam,
I understand how something like this can really try your patience. Please do not worry, I will guide you to change the scheduled scan time from AVG.
Open the AVG AntiVirus free installed in your computer and click on settings icon next to "Scan now". You can see the "Scheduled scan" settings in the next window. Please click on the same and from here you will be able to change the time of scheduled scan.
I do not select a zen anything. That's what I get.
So I run AVG as admin, clicked on OPEN AVG Free in first rectangule, got box that includes "Scan Computrer" very close to bottom center. left of that is "Last computer scan: 5 hrs ago.
To the right is Virus definition:7 hours ago with a reload icon next to it.
At first there was no gear next to Scan Computer nor anywhere in that box. Just a menu that when clicked told be that the scan finished and all is good.
Closed that & after a bit (perhaps immediately) there is finally the settings gear.
I should now be good to go. Nice to know that appearance is different whilst scanning.
Thanks
Put
Thanks for trying, but this doesn't seem to work. BTW Win 10, 64. Pro
I cannot paste a screen grab so here goes with verbal explanation.
I get same black rectangle whether I am logged in as admin, or schmuck, or Run as admin
box has AVG logo top left. Top right has shopping cart, connect, menu, -, X
next line is PC name, add device, and wording about adding
center has free basic, PC Tune…, Secure…, PW protect.
bottom has buy stuff from us (internet security), buy now, try free
Menu has a device settings Which allows me to change the PC type then nothing else.
Run as admin got me the same thing.
so I open AVG free.
Get another black rectangle
similar layout but it says that i have basic protection
click menu/settings
[ I do not have the zen icon in top right corner. (I tried help first)
Run as admin or as non-admin (I only log on as admin if I am going to need admin rights, otherwise I log in without those rights – denying escalation of privileges attacks). I do not have a corresponding icon (silhouette of person) nor an email address.]
The only thing that comes close is special scans. But I do not need another special scan, I only need to change the start time for the existing scan which runs every day. Used to be every night while I was asleep.
BTW I have four Win 10 PCs all of which do the same thing.
Is there a permission issue in 10 that I need to grant in order to make changes? (I have tried to stop all of the clutter and cross application permissions.)
Thanks,
Put
Putnam, please do not go to Zen dashboard, in the AVG AntiVirus free window you can see "Scan computer" option and next to it you can see a gear wheel icon, please click on the same and the next window, you can see "Schedule Scan". Please click on the same to change the scheduling time for the scan.