Why does the full virus scan spend so long at 0%

bundy2 · 2017-07-16T11:14:09.000Z

Whenever I run the full virus scan, it spends a disproportionate amount of time showing 0%, before showing any positive %s. Yesterday, I had an extreme example: it spent all of its time at 0% before suddenly completing. What is happening during that 0% phase, some kind of preparation for the real scan? If so, it would be more helpful to show the scan as a two-phase process with a progress indicator for each phase.

Asyn · 2017-07-16T11:18:08.000Z

bundy2 post:1:

What is happening during that 0% phase…

The rootkit scan.

bundy2 · 2017-07-16T11:33:36.000Z

Asyn post:2:

bundy2 post:1:

What is happening during that 0% phase…

The rootkit scan.

That’s an extremely important part of the scan, so why is it not counted as part of the whole scan, and only merits 0%?

Asyn · 2017-07-16T11:41:55.000Z

bundy2 post:3:

That’s an extremely important part of the scan, so why is it not counted as part of the whole scan, and only merits 0%?

Yep. Guess there’s no way to time/calculate it.

bundy2 · 2018-01-22T09:32:46.000Z

I notice that the full virus scan no longer spends a long time at 0%, but quickly moves on to 1% etc. I’d love to think that this was a result of my raising the topic, but that’s too much to hope for, so I suspect the reason is more prosaic. Does anyone know?

Asyn · 2018-01-22T10:03:09.000Z

Well, it got fixed.

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