-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG Scans
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:41:07 -0500
I am no expert but this sounds wayyyy too long. If you are using the paid
version I suggest contacting them. If you are using the free version you
might try visiting their forum and pose the question there.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:36 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG Scans
> Don !
>
> I am glad you are an expert on AVG. I have an automatic scan set for
> Noon each day, but the latest has been running for
> 22 hours 19 minutes and appears to have no inclination of stopping. It
> refuses to Pause; will not Cancel, stops me doing anything else and can
> only be throttled by powering off the machine. Is this normal?? or
> should I see a doctor??
>
> Roger W
>
>
> On 15/07/2008 2:29 p.m., Don101 wrote:
>> AntiVirus scans can be very time consuming depending on how many files
>> and folders and drives you have it scan.
>>
>> If you have a "real time" monitor running to catch anything as it
>> comes off the internet or from a borrowed disc or flash drive then the
>> scans could be a bit further apart than daily. Also, if you are very
>> careful about where you go on the internet and what email you open
>> then you could space them even further apart.
>>
>> Key factors are how paranoid you are and how careful or careless you
>> and the other users are. So is the various other layers of security
>> you employ (anti-spam, firewall, anti-adware etc).
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>
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> No virus found in this incoming message.
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> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.11/1553 - Release Date: 7/15/2008
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