Hi, 
i am using Avast5 Free. So far…so good. The only thing is that a complete Scan of my System takes over 2-3 Hours is it normal? My System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit, 4 GB DDR2, Quad Core Intel (4x2.5 GHz), nforce 6 chipset. 500 GB WD HDD Sata2, geforce 130 1,5 GB RAM.
regards
Hello,
it depends, how full is you HDD (how many data is scanned), what type of data is there – programs (exe, dll) or music/video, what type of scan – packers enabled? Full scan with no file type recognition? Whole files? I thing that there were made some changes in default settings in v5.
Milos
I won’t worry. Depends on your files, your system specifications, programs running…
I have around at 20 GB Files without zip Packers etc. and without video/audio files only those files that are come as default on windows vista. I disabled PUP but the scan takes 2 Hours so far. The quickscan with PUP enabled 5 Minutes lol.
regards
Hi
Full Scan On My Laptop = 1 hour 15 minutes … 69.22 GB - Scanned!
Full Scan On My Desktop = 1 hour 24 minutes … 87.22 GB - Scanned!
You Said…
1,5 GB RAM
Don’t Know! :-\ But could possibly be the difference ???
My Laptop = 4 GB RAM
My Desktop = 3 GB RAM
Hally
On my Desktop are 4 GB DDR2 Ram and my Graphics Card have 1,5 GB RAM ^^
Hi
Sorry! … Need New Glasses :-[
Don’t Know Then ???
Perhaps it’s not How Much it’s scanning … But more about What it’s scanning :-\
Hally
Mine is 2 hours,
But my computer is 5 1/2 years old. Although it runs very well. If the scan completes and does its job I wouldn’t worry about it. This all depends on the age of your system, the size of the hard drive, and what it finds. I presume that scan times, especially in Full Scan modes will vary considerably from user to user.
Jack
Hi
Just Thought Of Something!
Do you carry on using your computer while you’re running a scan?
Coz… I Don’t! :-\
Hally