-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG Scans
- From: RMB White <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:09:46 +1200
Very many thanks for your` kind suggestions.
Roger W
On 17/07/2008 2:41 a.m., Sandi Beach wrote:
> 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
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> From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:36 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG Scans
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>
>> 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.
>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.11/1553 - Release Date: 7/15/2008
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