Avast shows 20GB scanned in a 8GB usb flash memory

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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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?

Thank you

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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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Documents (OLE files of Microsoft Office) has a lot of objects that got scanned also.

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Ok then, no problem in my Avast… thanx a lot for your fast replies.

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You’re welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)

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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.