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 Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:32 am Post subject: Why are my antispyware/virus scanners taking forever to scan |
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I have a few of them and they take forever.   Zone alarm took nearly 20 hrs! I'm using Vipre from Sunbelt now and so far it's at nearly 14 hrs!  I thought that maybe it's because my comp has a ton of files I don't know. Or maybe it's just because it's old. (Pent 2 400 mhz) Can anyone tell me why they are taking so long and give me some advice on how to speed them up? 
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Are you running several AV's with the realtime scanning on?
That'll both slow down your system and stop the AV's working properly. Only run one in r/t.
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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The Pentium 2 400 mhz is probably the biggiest reason the scans are slow. Make sure you turn off other AVS when you are scanning with one, and close any unneeded programs. And like aBenG said, run only one in real time.
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Having more than one antivirus with real time protection installed can cause problems - even if real time protection is only turned on in one of the programs.
I suggest you uninstall all antiviruses except for one. As a backup scanner you can use AntiVir http://www.free-av.com/
It's free and there is an option when you install it to not install the real time protection.
Your computer may also be running slowly due to not having adequate RAM. Since your machine is only running at 400mhz I presume you have Windows 98, Me, or 95 for your operating system. I suggest you upgrade to 512 megabytes of RAM (or 1 gig if you are running XP). If you go to www.crucial.com they have a memory scanner which will analyse your system and tel you what your options are for dding more memory. |
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Having more than one antivirus with real time protection installed can cause problems - even if real time protection is only turned on in one of the programs.
I suggest you uninstall all antiviruses except for one. As a backup scanner you can use AntiVir http://www.free-av.com/
It's free and there is an option when you install it to not install the real time protection.
Your computer may also be running slowly due to not having adequate RAM. Since your machine is only running at 400mhz I presume you have Windows 98, Me, or 95 for your operating system. I suggest you upgrade to 512 megabytes of RAM (or 1 gig if you are running XP). If you go to www.crucial.com they have a memory scanner which will analyse your system and tel you what your options are for dding more memory. |
Thanks for all of your replies so far. I appreciate them, but I'm wondereing which free AV you would recommend. |
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roger_m
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I suggest you use the free version Avast www.avast.com
and as I suggested previously you may want to you AntiVir as a secondary scanner. |
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