Scan taking 3+ hours to complete?

[brickyard1911]

When I first purchased the PC Tools AntiVirus the first few scans took what I would consider a normal amount of time. 30 minutes maybe. Now, after an hour the scan is only 4% complete with no infections found. PC Tools had me start my computer in "safe mode" and run a full scan. I am now 3+ hours into the scan and it is 95% complete with no infections.

My computer is a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop with Window XP Professional, 40 GB hard drive with 24 GB free.

Anybody else experiencing this?

[Chippa]

Hey brickyard1911,

Have you made any changes to your computer since the first few times you have run a scan with PC Tools AV?. Normally AV runs for anywhere between 1hr and 1.5hr.

So how long does it take in normal mode and safe mode?

[charlespt]

Anybody else experiencing this?

Yes the same here.
The scan takes sooooo muuuuucccccccch to complete.
I don't like full scans taking very much time.
If it was like spwyare doctor... it does a full scan in 10 minutes.

[Chippa]

Hi charlespt,

What are your computer specs?

Are you running anything else with AV?

As mentioned above a scan usually takes anywhere between 60-90min.
Also I would suggest you try to run a scan in safemode with networking.

Another suggestion is if you are a registered user of Spyware Doctor, install the Beta version and install the AV-Plugin and see how long a scan takes as this will also scan for Viruses and Spyware/malware.

Cheers,
Chippa

[charlespt]

Hi Chippa

What are your computer specs?

My pc is a Intel Pentium 4; 3ghz processor; 1gb DDR2 RAM

Are you running anything else with AV?

No, I'm only using the PCTAV.

Thanks for your suggestions
I will try other methods