Problem when booting into my WSA snapshot

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  1. Tarnak

    Tarnak Registered Member

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    If anyone has ever followed my posts, they will know that I have have several snapshots or different configurations. One of which has WSA installed.

    Well I have noticed that when I switch to that one, that there is lot of harddisk activity as evidenced by the tower light staying on for an inordinate length of time. I don't input my login password until this light stops its activity.

    Then finally when I enter the login password, and the desktop icons have loaded, I invariably notice that WSA is/has been very active, and that my CPU temp is a little high for my liking. I like to keep the CPU temp below 60 degrees.

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  2. Tarnak

    Tarnak Registered Member

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    It does settle...eventually.

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  3. PrevxHelp

    PrevxHelp Former Prevx Moderator

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    I imagine it's a scheduled scan taking place because it will have missed a previous scan time when not booted into the snapshot.
     
  4. Tarnak

    Tarnak Registered Member

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    I seem to recall that I mentioned this sort of thing with you, before, and thought it was then fixed. ;)

    P.S. I wish I knew how to use the forum search function, competently, to try and find my previous posts, but....:doubt:
     
  5. Tarnak

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    Also, I don't know why scans are being handled the way they are, because it wasn't like this in the past. BTW, I never initiated these scans. These are WSA initiated.



    Previous Scan Results

    CLEAN - [Fri 2013-01-04 08:39:50] 60047 files scanned, 0 infections found in 22m 32s
    CLEAN - [Tue 2013-01-01 16:54:28] 2616 files scanned, 0 infections found in 33s
    CLEAN - [Tue 2013-01-01 16:24:22] 58239 files scanned, 0 infections found in 21m 24s
    CLEAN - [Mon 2012-12-31 23:16:44] 2615 files scanned, 0 infections found in 28s
    CLEAN - [Mon 2012-12-31 22:46:38] 57411 files scanned, 0 infections found in 24m 11s
    CLEAN - [Mon 2012-12-31 19:40:43] 2615 files scanned, 0 infections found in 27s
    CLEAN - [Mon 2012-12-31 19:10:38] 55683 files scanned, 0 infections found in 27m 7s
    CLEAN - [Sat 2012-12-29 05:38:14] 2618 files scanned, 0 infections found in 29s
    CLEAN - [Sat 2012-12-29 05:08:12] 64725 files scanned, 0 infections found in 21m 27s
    CLEAN - [Sat 2012-12-29 04:40:18] 65049 files scanned, 0 infections found in 22m 39s
    CLEAN - [Fri 2012-12-28 20:52:12] 2590 files scanned, 0 infections found in 26s
    CLEAN - [Fri 2012-12-28 20:22:09] 65330 files scanned, 0 infections found in 21m 24s
    CLEAN - [Fri 2012-12-28 02:43:13] 2878 files scanned, 0 infections found in 43s
    CLEAN - [Fri 2012-12-28 02:13:11] 65156 files scanned, 0 infections found in 27m 58s
     
  6. PrevxHelp

    PrevxHelp Former Prevx Moderator

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    This looks normal - it's scanning again because it was offline. I don't think there's any issue here :)
     
  7. Tarnak

    Tarnak Registered Member

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    I changed the scan schedule as follows, then rebooted, and it boots faster and WSA is not scanning a boot, which is what I wanted, all along :)

    ScreenShot_WSA_current scan schedule_01.jpg

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