Creating scan reports in Avast Antivirus

1. Open the Avast Antivirus user interface and go to ☰ Menu ▸ Settings.
2. Select Protection in the left menu and click Core Shields.
3. Scroll down and select the shield for which you want to generate a report.
4. Ensure the box next to Generate report file is ticked.

1. Open the Avast Antivirus user interface and go to ☰ Menu ▸ Settings.
2. Select Protection in the left menu and click Scans.
3. Select the scan for which you want to generate a report.
   The boot-time scan does not support customization to the report, and always creates a full report automatically after it is run.
4. Scroll down and ensure the box next to Generate report file is ticked.

1. Open the Avast Antivirus user interface and go to Protection ▸ Scans.
2. Select the Custom scans tile, then click the gear icon next to the relevant scan in the list and select Settings.
3. In the scan settings window, click the Report file tab.
4. Ensure the box next to Generate report file is ticked.
5. Manage the following settings:
   • File name: provide a name for the report file.
   • File type: select the format of the report file - plain text ANSI, plain text Unicode, or XML.
   • If file exists: select Append if you want new results to be added to the end of the previous report, or Overwrite if you want new results to replace the previous report.
   
6. Define the contents of the report:
   • Infected items: files and areas of the scanned environment identified as malware. This option is ticked by default.
   • Hard errors: unexpected errors that require further investigation. This option is ticked by default.
   • Soft errors: minor errors, for example, a file that wasn't scanned because it was in use while the scan was running.
   • OK items: files and areas identified as clean. Ticking this option results in very long reports.
   • Skipped items: files and areas not scanned due to exclusions in the scan settings.
   
7. Click OK.

Run a scan

After enabling the Generate report file option and defining the report contents, run the scan to generate a report file:

For Smart scan, use the instructions in the following article:

• Running Smart Scan in Avast Antivirus

For Full Virus Scan, Targeted Scan, and Custom scans go to Protection ▸ Scans and click the relevant scan tile. For more details, refer to the following article:

• Scanning your PC for viruses with Avast Antivirus