Once you are done and your computer has been restarted, you can remove Avast Rescue Disk. After you're done, just to be on the safe side, you may want to start another scan. You have the choice to repair selected files or delete selected files.

You may choose to work with the files manually.

If it fails to repair the files, they will be automatically deleted.

Avast can remove the malicious code automatically.

There are two options when a threat is found: From there you may decide to repair or delete the infected files. When the scan has finished the wizard will show you an overall results page and you will receive a scan log report listing the threats that were found. You can choose to scan your entire computer or you can select specific folders or disks. The Avast Rescue Disk wizard will walk you through the steps to scan for malware on your infected computer. Our FAQ: Start up your computer from external bootable media with Avast Rescue Disk explains in more detail how to boot up your infected computer using the USB flash drive or CD/DVD that you created. There are a variety of ways to boot into the so-called Recovery mode the ESC, F11 or F12 keys are the most common way to enter the boot menu. Once you have created the Rescue Disk, plug it into your infected computer and reboot. Creating the rescue disk only takes a few minutes, depending on the speed of your computer and internet connection.įor detailed instructions with screenshots please visit our FAQ: Create Avast Rescue Disk as a bootable USB flash drive or CD.

Choose the media type that you want to use an empty USB flash drive or a recordable CD/DVD.

From the menu selection on the left, select Tools, then click Rescue Disk.

All you need is an uninfected computer with Avast Antivirus 2015 installed and an empty USB flash drive (make sure it is fairly new so that it supports booting) or a blank recordable CD/DVD. You can create the Avast Rescue Disk from any Avast product. To run a virus scan when offline, create an Avast Rescue Disk.

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