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Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 1:26 PM, [GMT-0800], Day of year = 328
Wow DavidR !!
THANK YOU & THANK YOU again! You’ve solved almost every problem I’ve had with the new avast Pro Antivirus 2014.
Only thing left that is still an “unknown” is HOW do you delete your history of past scans? As it is now, since I do a full scan daily, I may have to scroll down for an hour to see the data on my latest scan after several months.
Kidding, but you get my meaning?
As I understand your note, there are, to put it simply, 2 types of files, one are those in use frequently, and those sitting on the “golden shelf” covered in dust? avast scans the more frequently used ones, and not the others. The “real time shield,” (or watever), monitors the “golden shelf” and reports when something there should be looked at in a full system scan?
I up-dated the daily scan I use on my PC that runs 24/7 on-line. I made it with the exact settings used by the default “Full System Scan,” BUT I added an extra. Instead of the “Rootkits (Quick Scan)” used by the default, I changed it to “Rootkits (Full Scan)” to enhance the thoroughness of the scan, albeit at the cost of an xtra few minutes scan time. When I first ran this, the result was surprising! Whereas the default “Full System Scan” gave the “amount of data tested” as 22.0 GB on my 35.2 GB HD, the new scan, with “Rootkits (Full Scan),” gave the “amount of data tested” as 59.5 GB! Wow! Where did all those Jigabytes come from?
I use Piriform Defraggler to de-frag my HD, and its HD analysis is giving me the 35.2 GB used number. Maybe it is in error? Is there another utility to tell you how much is in your HD?
Again, THANK YOU for your much appreciated help!