
If your computer is infected with malware, the antivirus software will have to do battle with the malware. Standard antivirus software runs within Windows. RELATED: How to Remove Viruses and Malware on Your Windows PC The Problem With Cleaning Up Malware From Within Windows They can clean malware from outside the infected Windows system, so the malware won’t be running and interfering with the clean-up process. This is where bootable antivirus solutions come in. It has a system cleanup scan which ensures that any threats on your PC are detected and eliminated Avast Free Mac Security scans your network and router for any security problems. Avast Free Mac Security organizes the features in a column, labeling everything by what it means. Made a video about Avast Rescue Disk when it was introduced. You can also safely use Avast Rescue Disk to scan and disinfect other Windows PCs, but since virus definitions are always being added, it's better to create a fresh Rescue Disk when needed.

If you suspect your PC is infected with malware and all other Antivirus scans (including the Boot-time scan) were unable to resolve the issue. Creating and using Rescue Disk in Avast Antivirus. Below you can see the example of how the boot-time scan looks in the Avast antivirus 2016.


If your computer is infected with malware, running an antivirus within Windows may not be enough to remove it.
