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Avast Antivirus scans more files than my hard disc has.
« on: April 04, 2017, 11:36:50 AM »
Hi,

Avast Antivirus scans more files than my hard disc has.
My hard disc has 929GB. After  a Full scan The Scan Log says it Scanned 1,3TB.
How is this possible?

I have Windows 10.

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Re: Avast Antivirus scans more files than my hard disc has.
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2017, 11:49:01 AM »
It also unpacks and scans archives.
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