Script that lists the files most scanned by Avast

[system]

Hi All,

I thought I would share a Cygwin script I have been using for a while. It simply lists the top files scanned by Avast and how many times they have been scanned.

I use it to determine what files I may want to exclude and also just to check up on Avast. Using it I have found some files that it scans the heck out of (e.g. sessionstore.js) and also files it it scans even though I have excluded them.

The script is at https://gist.github.com/1909180.

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[Charyb-0]

Sounds like a handy tool. How did you come up with this? I will pass on running it though.

[system]

So if I understand it right, it checks the Filesystemshield.txt file for files scanned?

Sessionstore.js will, due to it’s nature, be scanned multiple times as it is modified often. I have had it excluded for a while now, but I believe that it is for another reason (i.e. detections on it…)

[system]

@Charyb post:2

Sounds like a handy tool. How did you come up with this? I will pass on running it though.

Necessity is the mother of invention. In this case I just kept finding Avast scanning random things and decided I needed to automate my checking up on it a little more.

[system]

@spg SCOTT post:3

So if I understand it right, it checks the Filesystemshield.txt file for files scanned?

Sessionstore.js will, due to it’s nature, be scanned multiple times as it is modified often. I have had it excluded for a while now, but I believe that it is for another reason (i.e. detections on it…)

Yes. You do need to turn it on and also tell it to report OK scanned files.

I have found a bunch of other files beyond sessionstore.js. Also, my Firefox profiles are in a different directory so the standard sessionstore.js exclusion wasn’t working for me and it really does slow down Firefox a lot if you don’t have it.