Question: What does "Memory Processes Scanned" mean?

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After a full scan completes, the scan results dialog box
includes the line "Memory processes scanned: 2221" The
exact number varies, but is always between 2000 - 2500.

Does anyone know what this is measuring? It seems way to
high to be counting processes, threads, or modules.

Thanks!
 
It refers to the processes that are currently running in
memory.

NOTE: Some processes that are shown in Windows Task
Manager have many subprocesses, such as svchost.exe.
These subprocesses are also scanned. You can see all the
processes (i.e., services) that are running under the
main processes by doing the following: Start > Run , type
in cmd and press Enter, and type in tasklist /svc and
press Enter. This will show all the processes and their
associated subprocesses that are currently running on
your system.

Alan
 

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