What is a Task

The basic element with which the AVAST32 program works is the "task". This term means a detailed description of all tests that will be performed after the start-up of a task. In case of individual tests it is possible to also set afterwards a sequence of parameters which will define the task behavior with more precision.

Each task must have its name and must contain some tests. The test can be represented, for example, by the scan of files on the hard disk for the presence of viruses, or system monitoring which is performed from time to time. A task can perform even several tests at the same time; e.g. it is possible to test for the presence of a virus and to perform the integrity checking at the same time.

All the tasks that are accessible at a given time are listed in the task list, which is included in all user interfaces except the Simple one.

If the task is started on the remote computer, the test will be scanning the content of remote computer. So if you start the "Scan: interactive selection" task on the remote computer, the task will ask you to browse folders to scan, you will be already browsing the folder stored on the remote computer.