Thanks for the help.
Rebooting must have been the prob, I have Windows Xp home SP1.
Virus check now no longer lists zipped files as skipped but the scan time difference between the skipped and this latest is a mere 4secs. Does that sound ok to you? Here's the log when files were skipped and the latest with more number of files.
File was skipped because of scanner settings. (42016)
Infected files: 0
Total files: 125
Total folders: 1
Total size: 13.4 M
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* Task stopped: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:14:37 AM
* Run-time was 3 second(s)
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* Task 'Simple user interface' used
* Started on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:07:52 AM
* VPS: 0402-8, 03/02/2004
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Infected files: 0
Total files: 148
Total folders: 1
Total size: 14.5 M
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* Task stopped: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:07:59 AM
* Run-time was 7 second(s)
Fast scanning by anyones' standards!
Cheers,
tuika