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Paranoid

I ran an AV and spyware scan a few days ago and 100,000+ files were scanned.
I did the same today and only about 40,000 files were scanned. I did not
change any settings.
This has happened before with a variety of software, both AV and spyware.

Can someone explain why this happens?
Should I be concerned?
 
Some perform a "smart scan". Lavasoft Adaware for one does. It will only scan pertinent
files, unless indicated otherwise, on secondary scans. The menu actually provides "perform
a smart system scan" and "perform a full system scan"

An additional reason may be you dumped the contents of the TEMP directory and/or Browser
cache.

Dave



| I ran an AV and spyware scan a few days ago and 100,000+ files were scanned.
| I did the same today and only about 40,000 files were scanned. I did not
| change any settings.
| This has happened before with a variety of software, both AV and spyware.
|
| Can someone explain why this happens?
| Should I be concerned?
|
|
 
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