AVG Free v8 Full Scan Time?

> Aside: it is a lot easier to just stop using Windows.

Depends on what you want to do.
Have you tried using an Excel workbook, with lots of macros, in Open Office?

Henry

Dragon wrote:
> [Beauregard wrote:]
>> Aside: it is a lot easier to just stop using Windows.
>
> Depends on what you want to do.
> Have you tried using an Excel workbook, with lots of macros, in Open
> Office?

No, I actually gave up that heavy-duty stuff when I retired seven years
ago. Have you tried using an Excel workbook, with lots of macros, in MS
Excel with Wine or Crossover Office? (No, I haven't either.)

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-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

AVG 8 is rather too heavy on resources and tries to do too much IMHO. I used
AVG7 for many years because it was light and quick. Other people have given
you excellent advice about cleaning up with other programs first etc. But
after upgrading to AVG8 I decided that Avira did the job much better and
quicker, and although a longtime supporter of AVG, I now prefer Avira. But
once a week is enough for any scan unless you are heavily into dodgy
websites

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Yours Quilly,

Charliec wrote:
> I'm running AVG Free v8 and had it set to perform a daily scan. The
> scan takes 2.5+ hours to complete and affects the response time of the
> system during this time. I am running WinXP SP3, no other security
> software is running in real time (I have a Linksys 4-Port Router that
> is set with a hardware firewall). I have a single internal drive
> divided into 3 partitions, an external harddrive with 1 partition.
>
> The settings in AVG for the Scan the Whole Computer - is, everything
> checked except "Scan for Rootkits" and "Scan for Media Files".
>
> The settings in AVG for Scan specific files and folders - is
> everything checked except "Scan Tracking Cookies", "Scan System
> Environment", and "Scan for Rootkits".
>
> What could be causing this scan to take so long? I do manual scans
> with Spybot, Spy Sweeper and AdAware and they scan the entire system
> very quickly (about 1/2 hour). None of these are running in real
> time - I manually start them when I want a scan. And then ensure they
> are not active in real time after the scans.
>
> Thanks and any insights appreciated.
>
> brunoman
> ******************************************************
> Charliec

AVG 8 is significantly slower then7.5, forget about scanning every day, just
set it to do it once a week and forget about it

Gaz