

If this box is checked, all suspicious files will be reported, including those with valid digital signatures. In this case the file will not be reported as suspicious. If a file is detected as suspicious, but also contains a valid digital signature of a trusted authority, it is likely to be a false positive. Skip checking of digital signatures of infected files – to prevent false positive alerts, avast! checks files for digital signatures.Enable raw disk access during avast! boot-time scan – During a boot-time scan, avast! uses a special method to access the raw data on the hard disk, to check for any viruses that may be hidden there.Uncheck this box if you do not want this scan to be carried out whenever your system is restarted. Enable rootkit scan on system startup – Normally avast! scans for rootkits whenever the operating system is restarted.If in doubt, please contact AVAST Software first.

However, these settings should not be changed without good reason. Changing the settings on this page may help to resolve certain specific problems.
