Scans taking long

Discussion in 'Software' started by hellzscream, Mar 5, 2012.

  1. hellzscream

    hellzscream Private First Class

    Hello all I have noticed that scanning with Superantispyware/Avira is taking a long time. The scan seems to spend most of the time scanning cache/cache.recyclebin/temp folders. I have a 1tb Western digital caviar black drive. Around 200gb of the 1tb is being used. Takes around an hour to scan the drive. Any ideas? I doubt I have a virus(No slowdowns, errors and such)but I'm not ruling that out.
     
    hellzscream, Mar 5, 2012
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  2. kipfeet

    kipfeet Corporal

    In SAS for 200GB an hour would be about right for a Full Scan, but not for a Quick Scan. Not sure how long Avira would take, but when I used that AV I remember it being pretty slow.

    Are your cache/temp folders full of stuff is why it's taking so long? If you keep them cleaned out with CCleaner or similar then SAS and Avira should breeze right through them.
     
    kipfeet, Mar 5, 2012
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