Re: extremely slow AV scan

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From: JAX (slipslide_at_pop.not)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:57:24 -0700

On some fairly recent release of ZA there was a problem. I don't recall what
it was but, ZA provided a fix for it via e-mail notification.

So far as Norton goes, you would have to have a drive somewhere in the
terabyte range for it to take as long as you said it takes to do a virus
scan with AVG. It takes about 7/8 minutes to scan my primary HD with AVG.

JAX

"Edw. Peach" <bogus_addie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3ee1e0t17uj56sh2jfgbcjb5bvj8kjalnh@4ax.com...
> Hmmm...I was thinking about this when I was away from my computer and
> even if Norton's screwed up in a big way with this latest release,
> there is no way it should take over 1 1/2 hours to scan for viruses.
> Are there any other issues that might affect its performance? I went
> to their site and tried looking up 'slow performance,' and similar
> phrases and found nothing. When I do any virus scan, should I do
> anything special? Should I turn off services of any sort? When I
> scan, I don't use my computer for other tasks.
>
> I have been using Zone Alarm Free for years and have had no problems
> with it at all. Since I use cable, I'd rather not be online without a
> firewall. What sort of issues with ZoneAlarm?

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