Avast Antivirus allows you to specify if you want to produce a report automatically at the end of each scan (Core Shields, Virus Scans, or Custom Scans). When troubleshooting issues with Avast Support, you may be requested to provide this report file. Follow the steps in this article to enable the generation of a scan report, run a scan, and locate the scan report file on your PC.
Generate a scan report
- Open Avast Antivirus and go to
☰Menu ▸ Settings.
- Select Protection ▸ Core Shields.
- Scroll down to Configure shield settings and select the shield you want to generate a scan report.
- Tick the box next to Generate report file.
- Open Avast Antivirus and go to
☰Menu ▸ Settings. - Select Protection ▸ Virus Scans.
- Select the scan you want to generate a report.
- Scroll down and tick the box next to Generate report file.
- Open Avast Antivirus and go to Protection ▸ Virus Scans.
- Select the Custom scans tile.
- Hover your cursor over the relevant scan panel, then click
…(three dots), and select Settings.
- Scroll down and tick the box next to Generate report file, then click Save.
Run a scan
After enabling the Generate report file option, run the scan to generate a report file:
For instructions to run Smart scan, refer to the following article:
For instructions to run Full Virus Scan, Targeted Scan, Boot-Time Scan, and Custom scans go to Protection ▸ Virus Scans and click the relevant tile. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:
Locate a report file
After the scan is complete, locate the report file in the following location:
C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast\report
aswboot.txt file.- Avast Free Antivirus 20.x
- Avast Premium Security 20.x
- Avast Omni 1.x
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1, 32 / 64-bit