scan duration

[david]

I noticed that my scheduled scan duration is about 12 minutes; however, if I
start the scan manually, the scan takes about 4 minutes. Both scans were
run in normal mode, nothing else running, and not on the internet. I did
not record the items scanned to see if that is why the time difference. Not
really important but interesting. 12 minutes is like Ad-Aware; 4 minutes is
a little longer than SBS&D.

David

 

[Andre Da Costa]

You are lucky, my last scan took 4hrs and 16mins.

 

[david]

MSAS has never found anything so maybe it is not really working and that is
why my scan is not as long as yours. Of course, Ad-Aware does not either
and SBS&D only finds tracks and cookies. I use cookie wall so have not had
bad cookies for at least a year. I have not set MSAS up to scan for tracks.
I will try that with Beta 2.

Still the manual vs. scheduled scan duration seems strange.

David

 

[Ron Kinner]

Mine takes about 30 minutes. But I have a PIII 700 and 11
gigs of files. You might check to see if you are only
running a quick scan. Click on Scan Options and check Run
a Full System Scan and make sure all three boxes are
checked. Then check Save These Options and then Run Scan
Now and see if that takes longer.

Ron

 

[Ben]

-----Original Message-----
I noticed that my scheduled scan duration is about 12 minutes; however, if I
start the scan manually, the scan takes about 4 minutes. Both scans were
run in normal mode, nothing else running, and not on the internet. I did
not record the items scanned to see if that is why the time difference. Not
really important but interesting. 12 minutes is like Ad- Aware; 4 minutes is
a little longer than SBS&D.

David


.

Your scheduled scan might be set for a full system scan
by default.
Mine takes 12 minutes for a full system scan and 4
minutes for a quick scan, whether manual or auto. I have
over 8 gigs of files ... system running at 2 Gigs.

 

[david]

I set it on Full System Scan when I did the installation and it is still on
that setting. The difference seems to be how I run the scan. If I open the
program and click on scan, the time is between 10 and 12 minutes and the
items checked are: memory 955; files 15782; and registry 8500. If I right
click on the try icon and then click on run scan, the time is about 4
minutes and the items checked are: memory 28; files 18808; and registry
8500.

David