Idle-state scanning questions

I have two question regarding idle-state scanning:

1. how frequently does this scanning take place if enabled? I guess scan is not conducted each time screen saver starts or computer gets locked. So how often does it happen?
2. are exclusions scanned during idle-state scanning or are they excluded? Nod32 help files description: "When the computer is in idle state, then a silent computer scan is performed on all local drives."

Thank you for answers.

 

OK, since there was no answer I decided to test it myself. Here are the answers to my questions (they might help somebody wit similar questions):

1. Idle-state scan is conducted after each reboot or turn off/turn on procedure, when idle state is detected. If computer is not turned off idle-state scanning is not conducted multiple times.

I still don't know if scanning would run only once, if computer would be turned on 24/7. Any info about this would be appreciated.

2. Idle-state scanning does not scan excluded items, same as all other scans.

 

Thanks for all your effort! Really appreciated it.
For me, I'm going to disable it including the startup scan also as they're not that crucial.

Thanks.

 

Hello encus

Personally I would not disabling the startup scan, as it ensure that any running malware will be detected and removed when the computer starts or after an update. of the virusdatabase. . And besides it will only use a small amount of your resources, for a very short time.
Regarding the Idle-state scan , that I think is a great feature for some, is less crucial to disabling.

Cheers, Janus

 

Hi Janus.

AFAIK, ESS will catch any malware loaded at startup, even if startup scan was disabled.

Thanks.

 

It depends on the malware but definitely it's not wise to disable startup scans.

 

You mean not all malware?

Thanks.

 

Real-time protection doesn't perform memory scans which may discover new malware with higher probability. Memory scans are carried out during startup scans or on-demand scans that you trigger manually.

 

Thanks for your answer, Marcos.