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05-Nov-2008, 05:54 PM #1
AVG 8.0 taking forever to scan
I updated this weekend to AVG 8.0 (free) from AVG 7.5 (free) and although it says that it's supposed to be quicker 7.5 took about 1 hour 45 minutes and this is taking a minimum of 3 hours!
Is this right and is there some way to change what or how it scans and not risk it missing something?

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05-Nov-2008, 06:02 PM #2
Click on Tools . . Advanced and look thru the scanning options for any files you do not want it to scan

Have you done a defrag lately?
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05-Nov-2008, 06:07 PM #3
I defrag pretty regularly but I'll do one today and see if that does anything. What is ok to tell it not to scan?
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05-Nov-2008, 06:25 PM #4
I have mine set to scan infectable files only . . Are you scanning every day? I have mine set to scan weekly
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05-Nov-2008, 07:06 PM #5
I scan and update every day since I had a bad Trojan Horse that affected my start-up last year. I worry a lot LOL.
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