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Integrate avast! 4 Home Edition with ALZip

Integrate the protection and security of your anti-virus program with ALZip to make archiving, compressing, extracting, even safer than ever. There are many anti-virus programs on the market, and each of them need to be configured specifically for the program that you are using. This does not make it easier for the average computer user, but hopefully this guide will point you in the right direction.

The directions below are for integrating avast! 4 Home Edition, which is a freeware program developed by ALWIL. The outline is meant to be a guide. Additional steps may be necessary depending on your computer configuration.

There is only one method of integrating avast! 4 Home Edition with ALZip. Command-line support is only available in avast! 4 Professional. For more information on command-line usage, refer to the avast! help files regarding ashCmd.exe.

Graphical User Interface (GUI) Method

To configure ALZip with the avast! 4 Home Edition graphical User Interface (GUI), follow these steps:

  • In the main menubar in ALZip, go to Tools > Preferences, or press the F4 key.
  • Click on the Programs tab.
  • Click on the folder icon in the Virus Scanner section.

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  • Browse to the folder where avast! 4 Home Edition is installed on your computer then select ashQuick.exe
  • Click the Open button

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  • Your preferences window will look like the figure below.
  • No additional parameters are required.
  • Click the OK button.

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Now ALZip is configured for avast! 4 Home Edition. To scan any archive or compressed file for viruses, follow these steps:

  • In the main menubar in ALZip, go to Actions > Scan Archive for Viruses

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  • avast! 4 Home Edition will automatically scan the contents of your compressed file for any viruses. Please be sure to have up-to-date virus definitions to catch the latest threats. If no threats are detected, nothing will happen. If a threat is detected, an avast! 4 Home Edition warning will appear. Exit ALZip and follow the directions given by avast! 4 Home Edition. Additional user action will be required to neutralize the threat from the original archive file.

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