Manual AV scanning files

I just bought a notebook pc running vista home premium x64 and it seems that I can't right click on a file and select to manually scan it. The computer came with a subscription to Norton AV and I first thought that maybe that was just something that Norton's software didn't have available, but I uninstalled that and replaced it with Avira. Once again still no option in the context menu when right clicking to scan selected file.

Is this just something that I can't do with Vista or am I just missing something stupid.

If someone could offer some insight I'd greatly appreciate it.

I've been reading the forums here for the past few weeks since I started using Vista and it's been an awesome resource.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

mmmmmmmmm seems odd i have the option with Eset Nod32 maybe you need to turn the right click context menu on in your AV software?


edit... after a quick google it seems the option for it in Norton is disabled for a 64 bit OS , maybe its because nortons av isnt a true 64 bit program , whereas my eset is

[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Norton 2009 programs can be installed on Vista 64-bit mode without any problem. For your information, there are some features in Norton 2009 which are unavailable in Vista 64-bit. [/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]1. Context menu scanning support.(Right-click on a file/folder and Scan option)[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]2. SONAR - Symantec™ Online Network for Advanced Response. (You can opt for Norton AntiBot along with NIS 2009 since SONAR isn't supported in 64-bit)[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]3. Norton Product Tamper Protection.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]4. Phishing protection feature available only on 32-bit Explorer in Vista 64-bit.[/FONT]

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Thanks Archie. I will look into eset