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joedotm

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Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« on: November 15, 2011, 07:33:11 PM »
Hello,

I scanned my 8GB USB flash memory with Avast 6; no threat detected but Avast showed 20GB!!! scanned.

I copied my USB flash memory into a folder on my PC; scanned it and still no threat detected by Avast showed 20GB scanned!!!

How can that be?

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ady4um

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Re: Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2011, 07:40:32 PM »
Avast might be temporarily expanding some archives and scanning their contents too, according to the files you are scanning and the relevant Avast settings.
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Re: Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2011, 07:47:31 PM »
Documents (OLE files of Microsoft Office) has a lot of objects that got scanned also.
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joedotm

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Re: Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 07:51:47 PM »
Ok then, no problem in my Avast.. thanx a lot for your fast replies.
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Re: Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2011, 08:09:04 PM »
You're welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)
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Offline MikeBCda

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Re: Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2011, 11:42:04 PM »
I'm a little late getting in here today, but ...

If your scan includes archives, you'll probably also see that avast is reporting a larger number of files (items?) scanned, for the same reason.
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