sorry!!! slow AV scanning

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by phatkid77, Dec 25, 2004.

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  1. phatkid77

    phatkid77 Registered Member

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    why does it take so bloody long to scan my puter

    use panda platinum 7 and AVG 7, both around 40+ mins i believe?

    scanned with online bitdefender.... over 3hrs!! also found like 20 virus/trojans
    when i manually deleted corrupt files the next bitdefender scan took 45 mins

    how can i scan faster, is there tricks, things i am not doing?

    i'd post a screen shot of activities if i knew how?

    phats
     
    phatkid77, Dec 25, 2004
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  2. Notok

    Notok Registered Member

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    40 mins is about normal, I believe. If you want a faster AV, you might try NOD32. :)
     
    Notok, Dec 26, 2004
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  3. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    panda platinum 7 scanned my system p4 2.5 1gb ram in sixteen minutes. fourty minutes is way to long. mcafee 8.0i ent. scans the same sys in twelve minutes and nod in about the same time as mcafee. how many gigs are you scanning and are you running xp.
     
    bigc73542, Dec 26, 2004
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  4. phatkid77

    phatkid77 Registered Member

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    think i have an 80gig HD, no where near full and xp sp2 with pentium 4 2.4ghz i beleive
     
    phatkid77, Dec 26, 2004
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  5. RejZoR

    RejZoR Lurker

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    Well,BitDefender is very thorough so it might take longer than others.
     
    RejZoR, Dec 26, 2004
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  6. bigbuck

    bigbuck Registered Member

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    I've got NAV. Slow as a wet week on the scan......about half hour to do 80Gb HDD.....used about 20Gb. Ewido takes a while too.
     
    bigbuck, Dec 26, 2004
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