Norton AntiVirus 2008 - SO many items scanned!

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Yes, this is normal, so there is no need to worry; your Full System Scan should always Scan about 500,000 - depending on how much data is on your computer, that is - for you to  be full protected.

 

Hello, A. J.,

 

All of my systems scan in less than an hour, except my primary desktop.  It takes over two hours and scans well over a million files.  In the past it has gotten up to more than four hours and I have no memory of how many files.  Catching up on my archiving cut it back.

 

Exclusions have risks.  I think you should avoid any beyond the defaults, unless you really do your homework.

 

The easiest way to cut it back is to run Disk Cleanup on your drives.  I don’t do this, but it’s pretty safe if you only let it remove the categories it shows check-marks on.

 

You can also, of course, archive or delete excess data.

 

Or, do what I do.  I let the full system scan begin according to the default schedule (Friday, 8pm), but often pause it if I’m using the machine.  When I’m ready to call it a night, I turn it loose again and set the machine to hibernate when it’s done.  As long as it turns the machine off when it finishes, I don’t care all that much how long it takes.

Thanks for the replies!  I think I have a better idea why Norton scans so many files now!  I appreciate the pointers!  :smileyhappy:

 

A. J.

Keep an eye open for the retail release of the new NAV/NIS2009 which I think are due this month. They have been totally re-written from the ground up with a different philosophy, much less impact on the system and with a way of learning what files are OK if they are not changed.

 

If your subscription to a 2008 product is still in force then you can get a free upgrade to 2009 for the balance of the subscription period.


Norwegian wrote: 
 

When I'm ready to call it a night, I turn it loose again and set the machine to hibernate when it's done.  As long as it turns the machine off when it finishes, I don't care all that much how long it takes.


Quick question, how do you do this? I'd love it if this worked, but more often than not I have to leave it on all night for it to finish! So it'd be great if you could tell me how to do this!

Mine (NAV2008)scans about 645,000 files on full scan and takes about 45 minutes. Much faster than the older version