[pchelpers] Re: Questionable Windows Defender Results
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 15:13:19 +1200
On 6/05/2010 12:59 p.m., Trudy Alatorre wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, George T. Cox<georgetcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: George T. Cox<georgetcox@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [pchelpers] Questionable Windows Defender Results
> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 3:29 PM
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>
> Hi Folks,
> I just scanned my computer with Windows Defender. It took about four
> hours to scan about 170,000 objects. Does that sound a little off to
> anyone here? Shouldn't it have scanned more objects in a shorter period
> of time? Other scanners I use scan upwards of a million objects in two
> and a half hours. Is it even worth it to fool with Windows Defender?
>
>
>> I agree with Jackie. When two programs are trying to look at the files at
>> the same time, this will slow it down. Or you could have a virus that does
>> not want to be found. How about trying to scan (when it's done) also with
>> Antivir or Spybot.
> Trudy
Two heads are better than one. Time taken to scan varies with speed of
the system and the number of files. It may be advisable to have a second
scanning utility for virus removal (such as Bitdefender), while avoiding
the common targets like Norton. I wonder how long it would take that way?
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