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Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« on: June 13, 2008, 02:54:59 PM »
Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file when I scan a movie 700mbs it takes 25 mins is this normal my PC is a 750 MHz with 512mbs RAM, windows XP withSP2 and Ashampoo firewall. should it take so long to quick scan? can anyone help

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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2008, 04:34:01 PM »
It shouldn't be this way... are you using the latest avast version?
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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2008, 07:24:53 PM »
How long would it take to copy the file somewhere else?

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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2008, 09:15:35 PM »
It shouldn't be this way... are you using the latest avast version?
I have 4.8 Home/Pro

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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2008, 09:19:37 PM »
How long would it take to copy the file somewhere else?

It would take about 7-8 Minutes to move file to another drive

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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2008, 01:33:35 AM »
I agree with you it is real slow it could be because the unpackers that avast has are not fit for use.
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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2008, 12:47:02 PM »
Don't know what you mean by "unpackers are not fit for use" - obviously, no unpackers apply here, on a movie file.

Regarding the time... well, it is slower than I would expect, but there isn't much you can do about it, I'm afraid. The Quick Scan is meant for scanning of single files - that's where the name comes from. On the other hand, it uses the highest sensitivity possible (so it's not that "quick" from that point of view) - so the whole file is scanned, from the beginning to the end - and it takes a while.
You can check the Task Manager during the scan to see how much CPU it uses during the scan. If it's 100%, it means that it really takes that much time to process the data. If it uses less, it means that the hard disk is unable to supply the data fast enough - and the computer is waiting for the data to arrive.

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Re: Avast Quick Scan very slow when scanning a single file.
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2008, 12:07:38 PM »
Thanks Igor will check this out and let you know how I get on.
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