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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Avaster654457 on January 21, 2019, 05:32:06 PM

Title: Most effective way to speed up scans
Post by: Avaster654457 on January 21, 2019, 05:32:06 PM

I have the most thorough scan settings when i can my system drive which i am fine with

However whenever i periodically scan my entire system (all my drives) which have a lot of files it takes five hours or more.

So what is the best way to reduce this running time without making the avast scanner not effective; as in i want to balance speed with thoroughness?

Which options should i select or de-select; like "Scan whole file" and "scan all files" etc

Title: Re: Most effective way to speed up scans
Post by: Pondus on January 21, 2019, 05:38:54 PM

Dont scan archives

Title: Re: Most effective way to speed up scans
Post by: bob3160 on January 21, 2019, 08:07:04 PM

Leave the default settings alone. :)

Title: Re: Most effective way to speed up scans
Post by: Duch on January 21, 2019, 09:15:40 PM

For on demand scan u can set exceptions for some files such as .txt, .log, .ttf (font files), some graphics extensions such as .ico, .gif, etc. u can set exceptions for some pack files .rar, .zip (as Pondus wrote) anyway some viruses masked under two suffix for ex. eicar.com.txt choose wisely

Title: Re: Most effective way to speed up scans
Post by: Avaster654457 on January 27, 2019, 03:41:16 AM

I was hoping for a bit more of a technically response to be honest

I don't have any rar/zip files on my non system disk so i doubt that is the issue; nor would i want to simply skip-over files that could be infected

What about the "Scan whole file" and "scan all files" settings; which is slower vs faster and are they "90% as good" or only 25% as thorough"