Re: The Extent OF PC Anti Virus Scanscan


"@optusnet.com.au ." <""jmkell\"@optusnet.com.au ."> wrote in message
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Using XP/PRO ,Zone Alm-Adaware+ AVG anti virus installed. I've
completed a Complete Scan of my PC . Took over 1 hour.To reduce this in
future, What are the Essential Areas to Scan please.I'll do a Complete
scan Again in the future (IE 6 Months time.) jim

You'll find that you can dramatically reduce scan times by clearing the
Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files (temp) folders before the scan,
and emptying the recycle bin.

It's very easy to get thousands and thousands of small files in the TIF
folders, and regardless of size, each one has to be opened, examined, and
closed to be scanned. And these are probably the most critical areas to
scan; they are a primary route for malware infections. You should *not*
exclude these folders.

The built-in Disk Cleanup tools are a good place to start, but the free
utility "ccleaner" (www.ccleaner.com) can be much more effective. All of
these have to be run for each user account that's been used.


HTH
-pk


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