How to make the most of sensitive data shield in an Avast antivirus?
Avast antivirus comes up with a sensitive data shield feature that helps in scanning and protecting your sensitive data against unauthorized access and virus-attacks. Available only in Avast Premier and Avast Internet Security, Avast sensitive data shield also enables you to control the applications and the users that can access those applications. To scan your data using this feature, follow these steps: 1. Open the Avast Premier or Avast Internet Security 2. Click Scan to initiate the scanning process a. The process will scan the complete hard disk, every document, and files that include sensitive data such as your personal information 3. Time of the scanning depends on the number of files available on your device 4. Click Stop Scan if you no longer want to scan the files on your device The main functionality of this feature is also to initiate the smart scan, which can be enabled by following this path: Protection -> Antivirus...