Up until today I had been running 23.2 free. Now updated to 23.3 free.
First, I suspect Avast but cannot be sure yet. Avast runs weekly before I get to look at my desktop Wednesday morning. I am on: WIN_10 Version 2009 (OS Build 19045.2728). It completes normally with no errors indicated.
What has happened however it has turned on the archive bit for 24,787 files (I think). I have been monitoring the bit on 1 file and this morning it went from off to on. I have not accessed this file in years.
I have my own backup script that will backup any file that has the bit on and then turn the bit off. The result is a backup of normal daily access to various files for 6 days and then this huge backup on the 7th day.
Next week I will turn off Avast for the scheduled run to see the test file archive status.
Any other thoughts about this would be helpful. Thanks.