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« on: August 24, 2014, 10:09:10 AM »
Hi, I have the Avast free version  (2014.9.0.2021) on my Win 8.1 64bit laptop with Windows Firewall enabled.

When I start a qiuck scan, the scan starts, and the files are being scanned,  but the Percentage icon stays at 0 (zero) percent for about one minute before it kicks in.

Also. when I do a Full Scan, the Scan Percentage Icon stays at Zero Percent for about 8 minutes before it kicks in.

All settigs are at defaullt.  It this normal, or a bug?

Thanks
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Re: Percentage Scan Icon
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2014, 03:59:51 PM »
Quote from: Spyware-X on August 24, 2014, 10:09:10 AM
Hi, I have the Avast free version  (2014.9.0.2021) on my Win 8.1 64bit laptop with Windows Firewall enabled.

When I start a qiuck scan, the scan starts, and the files are being scanned,  but the Percentage icon stays at 0 (zero) percent for about one minute before it kicks in.

Also. when I do a Full Scan, the Scan Percentage Icon stays at Zero Percent for about 8 minutes before it kicks in.

All settigs are at defaullt.  It this normal, or a bug?

Thanks
The answer is probably yes. It all depends on how much is on your  HD and what settings you used for the scan you selected.
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Re: Percentage Scan Icon
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 09:17:10 PM »
That sounds about right.  My main partition (the only one that gets scanned) is 272 GB of which a little over 200 is free space.  And I too find that it takes quite a while, during a full system scan (my norm), to advance beyond zero percent.  I suspect that at least some of that might be pre-scan background work, e.g. determining how much will actually need scanned given my settings for exclusions, archives, etc.
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2014, 03:22:59 AM »
 8)Thank you both for letting my mind at ease. :)
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