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Posted by Clark on July 21, 2007, 9:12 pm
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> 'Luca Villa' wrote:
> | I'm in Windows Vista and I installed OneCare yesterday for the first
> | time.
> | After 8 hours that Microsoft OneCare is checking my HD for viruses I
> | looked at the status and it says 2%. It's still checking files and
> | folders under the folder C:$WINDOWS.~Q.
> | It seems working because I see the names of what it's currently
> | scanning that fastly change and the HD led and noise activity at
> | 80/100%.
> | I've 300GB of data and I always found reasonable 12/24 hours for a
> | complete HD virus scan.
> | Is it normal that OneCare is so slow? how can I troubleshoot this
> | problem? what is C:$WINDOWS.~Q for?
> _____
>
> Do any other programs seem to take an unusually long time? Certainly even
> a
> system with 300 GBytes stored should be scanned in a few hours. What are
> the specifications for your system? CPU/installed memory/hard drive
> capacity/operating system? Microsoft antimalware solutions are not worth
> spending ANY time on - they just are not ready for use and have one of the
> lowest detection rates. What you should consider is if the extremely long
> scan time may indicate other problems with your system (for example, a
> failing hard drive or hard drive controller can GREATLY slow down hard
> drive
> operations because many repeat reads may be performed in order to get
> valid
> data.
>
> Phil Weldon
>
Phil has a really good point:
Quote:
(What you should consider is if the extremely long
scan time may indicate other problems with your system (for example, a
failing hard drive or hard drive controller can GREATLY slow down hard drive
operations because many repeat reads may be performed in order to get valid
data.). and CPU/installed memory.
If your system is only running 512mb RAM for instance you need to upgrade
(yes even on a new system)
Dell is notorious for instance, sending out units with XP and 128 megs of
RAM which runs way slower than say XP with 256 or 512mb RAM.
not to mention ATA 100 with a spindle speed of 5400 rpm on the hard drive.
Clark
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