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Posted by Victek on March 18, 2007, 2:39 pm
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>I use the free version of AVG.
>
> I've been in the habit of running an AVG scan and a spyware scan first
> thing in the morning after I boot up my computer. I have three
> spyware/adware programs and usually run a different one each day.
>
> I've just assumed that I should disconnect from the internet and shut
> down all programs before running the anti-virus and anti-spyware, but
> don't know if I really need to do that.
>
> AVG takes nearly 40 minutes to run its scan, and the anti-spyware
> programs take between 20 and 40 minutes to run. So what I do is start
> AVG and then go do something else for a while and come back and run
> the anti-spyware program and then go do something else for a while.
> This ends up taking nearly two hours each morning.
>
> I'm wondering if I can just run the virus and spyware scans in the
> background while I'm checking my email in the morning.
If I had reason to believe the system was infected I would run these
applications exclusively, otherwise I would let them run in the background.
By the way, why do you feel the need to do two hours of scans every day? If
that's really necessary why not run the scans "unattended" overnight (or
whenever)?
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