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Posted by Jon Phipps on December 15, 2005, 9:27 am
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The thing is that windows, when it powers on, reads files from many places
not just the windows tree. Much of what you are seeing I have seen with
other tools, if it annoys you or slows down your boot time then try to
disable 'on access scanning'.
> Is there a way to capture the log of the files Avast! on-access scans?
>
> Based on recommendations from this newsgroup, I installed Windows XP
> Avast!
> 4.6 antivirus protection following the tutorial titled "How to Install,
> Configure, and Use Avast Antivirus" located at
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial104.html
>
> Never having had a virus scanning program before, I am utterly astounded
> at
> the absolutely huge number of files being scanned (hundreds) especially
> for
> the first ten or fifteen minutes after a reboot, as witnessed by the
> incessant activity reported in the ephemeral "Avast! On-Access Scanner
> Message" window at the bottom of my WinXP desktop.
>
> It seems nearly my entire program files and windows XP hierarchy is being
> scanned by the on-access scanner despite the fact that I'm not calling
> these programs at any time (and they are not part of the startup either).
> I
> have absolutely no idea why some of these programs appear to be accessed
> (by whom, I wonder) - but I see them flash by too quickly to take a closer
> look.
>
> Is there a way to save and view these otherwise fleeting "Avast! On-Access
> Scanner Message" list of files being scanned on access?
>
> Tony Susa
>
>
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