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    Kaserspky needs 13 hours to scan?!?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by nu_D, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    I have Kaspersky IS7 and it has been scanning for over an hour and it's 12% complete. It is saying it needs another 13 hours. This is in no way normal. Any idea what in the hell is wrong with it?

    By the way, I have uninstalled and installed the software several times. Same thing every time.

    Thanks
     
    nu_D, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. kind3r

    kind3r Notebook Consultant

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    Just leave your computer open over the night and it will finish ... probably sooner :D
    I use only the AV module from Kaspersky and it takes almost 2-3 hours to complete 2 partitions
     
    kind3r, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. nu_D

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    Wait. This is normal? No way man. Two-three hours to scan two partitions?

    This is complete and utter bull**** if this is how it was designed. I would go through the files one by one faster than this. :p
     
    nu_D, Nov 21, 2007
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  4. coolguy

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    Dump it. Get AVG/Avast/Norton Antivirus 2008/AOL security suite.
     
    coolguy, Nov 21, 2007
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  5. KnightUnit

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    Go for Avast. Good AV
     
    KnightUnit, Nov 21, 2007
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  6. nu_D

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    It's done now. Think it has to do with my laptop being so ****ty. When I get my new one in I will give it a go again. It did pick up 6 trojans, NOD didn't pick up any when I scanned my pc yesterday. So...
     
    nu_D, Nov 21, 2007
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  7. notyou

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    That may be true, but look at the entries, they could be false positives. Just look at that eicar test virus file, it's not a virus but it looks like one to the scanners.
     
    notyou, Nov 21, 2007
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  8. lua

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    obviously not a fan of kaspersky ... :)

    i would rather have false alarm than no alarm.

    that would also probably explain why the scan took so long - maybe one or some of those virus are running in the background.

    fwiw, i have a 160gb harddisk on my sz483, and it tooks around 4-6 hours for kaspersky to do a full scan on a 70% full disk.
     
    lua, Nov 23, 2007
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  9. dimonay

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    Defragging your hard drive may help speed up the scanning process.
     
    dimonay, Nov 23, 2007
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  10. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    Get Nod32 instead!
     
    n0elia, Nov 23, 2007
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  11. Hiker

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    With 6-13 hour scans how is anyone a fan of Kaspersky? :p
     
    Hiker, Nov 23, 2007
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