Faster scanning

Those who have pre-release updates enabled, could you please check if subsequent scans are now completed faster with Smart optimization enabled? Should you come across any problems, let us know.

 

Is this an update for normal scanning eg scheduled or smart scanning only? I have noticed the slow down, my drives used to take 30 mins to scan now it takes an hour and half.

 

I have pre-release updates enabled but not Smart Opto on the scanning engine, since it not a default, normally I complete a 250 GB HDD in ~ 30 mins.

Will do with Smart Opto enabled and post back my findings.

 

Ahh I see the option now, this only applies to Smart Scan profile?

 

whoah, that is on-demand in-depth-scan on ?filesystem?, ?OS?, ?CPU?, background scan with low priority and all options enabled?
just curious, or more jealous, because with i7 CPU, 500 GB HD and approx. 250 GB of data, NTFS, WIN7 64bit, background scan with low priority and all options enabled, Smart optimization disabled, on-demand in-depth-scan it takes more than 4 hrs to complete!

 

Yea me jealous too I only have two 80gb drives - hour and half.

 

2x 250 GB HDD drives, Win XP Pro SP3, CPU 2.53 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, with Smart Opto enabled, full, in depth scan, comes in at 25 mins, saves, +|- 5 mins, assuming I'm doing what you have requested, @Marcos.

 

Never had an issue with Scanning

 

Do you mean that two subsequent scans scanning the same files take about the same time? Just to make sure, check if you have the Antivirus and antispyware scanner module 1288 installed (Help->About).

 

My prior in-depth scan finished at 30 minutes, with Smart Opto enabled, it now finishes at 25 minutes. I did not run two scans today prior and after you had suggested testing these settings. The prior scan time, I know from memory the completion time. The adjusted scan took less 5 minutes than prior.

 

Both scans must be run with Smart optimization enabled. Of course, an update cannot be performed in the mean time or the cache will be reset.

 

reading your posts got me kind of confused, 30 min with Smart optimization disabled and 5 minutes less with Smart optimization enabled?

 

Earlier today I got the new one. I have pre-released enabled.
An in-depth scan took about 35 minutes instead of about 48 minutes.
This is on XP-home SP3, Dutch, with IE6.
EAV 4.2.64.12 English.

BUT .... after reboot I got BSOD I'll start a separate thread about that because I don't know whether it is related....

 

If you have Smart optimization enabled in your on-demand scanner profile, a subsequent scan should be completed very quickly, within a couple of seconds at maximum.

This should not be related. You can verify this by disabling Smart optimization.

 

A significantly faster scanning Eset would get peoples attention for sure.

 

I just ran another in depth scan with Smart optimization enabled. The total scan time of two 250 GB HDD's is ~23 minutes, just a bit faster than previous.

 

First Folder Scan (Smart Optimization Enabled):

Second Folder Scan (Smart Optimization Enabled):

 

my deep scans every two days run 1hour 40 minutes normally - smart optimization is enabled - I was on 1287 yesterday from our mirror - even though I have pre-release enabled.

pointing my updates to ESET public servers, I grabbed 1288 and fired off my deep scan scheduled task manually... will report back when it is done.

 

I hope you mean module update, and not signature update. Because what would be the point to have cache for if it resets after a signature update. No one will perform two scans in such a short time.

I did three Smart scans (with Smart optimization enabled) in the last two days.
I am not sure whether I had the 1288 module during the first scan, I am sure I had it during scan 2. I always had pre-release updates enabled so you might be able to see whether I had the scanner module 1288 if you see the database version I had during scan 1.

All the info you need:

16-10-2010 13:52:47 - Updated signature database to version 5537.

Scan 1:
Database version: 5537 (20101016)
Date: 16-10-2010 Starttime: 17:49:41
Scanned objects: 465494
Time of completion: 18:36:54 Total scantime: 2833 sec. (00:47:13)

17-10-2010 11:36:09 - Updated signature database to version 5539.

Scan 2:
Database version: 5539 (20101017)
Date: 17-10-2010 Starttime: 11:48:05
Scanned objects: 463745
Time of completion: 12:29:58 Total scantime: 2513 sec. (00:41:53)

Scan 3:
Database version: 5539 (20101017)
Date: 17-10-2010 Startime: 12:32:33
Scanned objects: 463755
Time of completion: 13:13:56 Total scantime: 2483 sec. (00:41:23)

Scan 2 was 6 minutes faster than scan 1 (the pc has been off during the night).
You can see scan 2 and 3 were performed subsequentely, and you don't see any improvement.

All info about my Dutch ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2.64.12 64-bit version.

Database viruskenmerken: 5539 (20101017)
Updatemodule: 1031 (20091029)
Module voor antivirus- en antispywarescanner: 1288 (20101016)
Module voor geavanceerde heuristiek: 1114 (20100827)
Module voor archiveringsondersteuning: 1122 (20100826)
Opschoonmodule: 1048 (20091123)
Anti-Stealthmodule: 1022 (20100812)
SysInspectormodule: 1217 (20100907)
Zelfverdedigingsmodule: 1018 (20100812)
Real-time beveiligingsmodule bestandsysteem: 1004 (20100727)

 

Of course I meant signature update. Otherwise the computer would be exposed at risk and it would be same as disabling recognition of newly added detections. Note that some files might have been already scanned by the startup scanner, real-time or web access protection so they don't need to be scanned twice or even more times unless the virus signature database is updated or the files have changed in the mean time.
Since scan 2 and 3 were run with the same signature database, can you confirm you didn't change any settings either? I would expect scan 3 to take much less time to complete.

 

I have my settings at default. Will try with Smart Opto enabled on In-depth.

 

Okay clear, so that means your type of cache is something different than AVG's or avast's interpretation.

No, didn't change any setting. That is also why I added your quote about a subsequent scan taking very little time.

 

last night:

Engine 1287
Smart Optimization ON
Objects scanned: 1,202,622
Tim: 01:39:30

Today:
Engine 1288
Smart Optimization ON
Objects scanned: 1,044,934
Tim: 01:23:01

 

Different engines, it makes no sense to compare the scan time in such case.

 

My test results of last night confirm faster scanning when smart optimization is enabled.

Scan 1:
Number of scanned objects: 293833
Number of threats found: 1
Number of cleaned objects: 0
Time of completion: 1:22:57 AM Total scanning time: 807 sec (00:13:27)

Scan 2:
Number of scanned objects: 194760
Number of threats found: 1
Number of cleaned objects: 0
Time of completion: 1:26:28 AM Total scanning time: 198 sec (00:03:18 )

Both are 'smart scans' of my OS drive.