Why does F-Secure version 19.4 scheduled scanning no longer work? It worked one time, but not again.
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Users were not supposed to receive update to 64-bit version until 19.5. However, some users that installed 19.4 before first maintenance release was released got the 64-bit migration ahead of time. This migration did not work as intended and left fsscan.exe to be 32-bit binary while the rest of the product updated to 64-bit binaries. This causes the scheduled scan to fail all the time.
We will prepare a second maintenance release that fixes this issue and it will also migrate anyone already in 19.4 to 64-bit version. ETA for maintenance release is next week. If you can't wait that long, uninstalling and reinstalling the product will make all binaries 64-bit and schedule scan working.
Please note that the "Monthly" scanning bug where scanning is running too often will not be fixed until 19.5 release.
Ville
F-Secure R&D, Desktop products
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Maintenance releases only fix 1 bug and they install silently. For most people it does not matter but if you are waiting for a certain fix it would be good to have some public record of these too. I will see what I can do to improve this internally.
As you already noticed, the maintenance release was build 5.5.1192.0
Ville
F-Secure R&D, Desktop products
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Your problem will be solved in the next version of F-Secure Total to be published ,19.5
"Scheduled scanning has been changed to say "Monthly" instead of "Every 4 weeks" and it now runs on first instance of the day in the month. This also fixes a bug where scheduled scan could run too often. (PBL-12596)"
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Hello @Cliff22 ,
thank you for your post here on F-Secure Community Portal.
I wanted to follow up regarding the issue you encountered with the scheduled scan. As described in the post attached above, this issue has been resolved with the release of version 19.5.
Could you please confirm if you have noticed the update to version 19.5 within the program? Additionally, I'd like to inquire if the scheduled scan has been functioning properly since the update. Your feedback will help us ensure that everything is running smoothly on your end.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards!
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19.5 is still in the beta stage and as @JOnes implied, hasn't been released to the public yet. There will be a notification when the beta testing has been finished, and usually when it's announced, we're able to update to that version manually by right clicking the system tray icon (Windows PC) or letting the app update itself.
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I agree, and I know what you're saying. You have been a champion in wanting more information posted on the forum, about releases etc. But, being realistic, since you've been more active here over the years, do you think that will ever happen?
This forum seems to be basic, intermittent support, with the Finnish side receiving more attention. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic as I just don't see that happening, it would become to much for them to post, then maintain? Other sites like Bitdefender do a better job in posting release notes on the forum page and in a web link. F-Secure seems to be pretty laid back, maybe it also has to due with their being the security provider for multiple ISP's and education centers… their divided attention?
But at least we do have these links:
And this one, which I'm not aware of to many AV companies who post this information?
Kind regards, my friend :)
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