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May 7th, 2020, 08:00 PM
#1
Bitdefender running time
I thought I had Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition installed a couple weeks ago, but apparently not. I corrected that last night, installed it properly. Once it was up and running I started a scan, see what damage I might have done in the interim. That was 19 hours ago, and it's still scanning. The little thingie is rotating, telling me that a scan is in progress.
19 hours seems a bit excessive. It's running on an older Dell with Win 7. Should it really take this long?
TaskManager shows four programs running: Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, Bitdefender Scan, SAntivirus-Page 2-Mozilla Firefox, and my normal mail client. I'll be re-reading the current thread about SAntivirus when this current scan is finished.
Really, though, should it be taking this long to scan?
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May 7th, 2020, 11:36 PM
#2
Weird. Bitdefender finally decided to admit that it was done, and claimed it took only 6+ hours, not the 19 while the little thingie was spinning. Task manager now tells me I have only two programs running, Bitdefender Running time-Mozilla Firefox, and my mail client. I can see why the Bitdefender Scan entry would disappear, but what about the SAntivirus-Page 2-Mozilla Firefox entry?
I have searched through the Program Files area and fine no mention of SAntivirus. Where might it be hiding?
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May 8th, 2020, 04:03 AM
#3
Look in it's settings to see if it has a "Processor" option.....aka how much juice should it use from the cpu....
I always clear my browser cache/history before a scan... There's less to scan.
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May 8th, 2020, 04:41 AM
#4
FWIW on my Windows 7 desktop with about 40Gigs used space on an SSD it takes Bitdefender free version about ten minutes to do a scan. I too clear out temp files and browser cache with CCleaner before starting a scan.
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May 15th, 2020, 10:08 AM
#5
It's time to close this one out. I've given the system a fair while to show problems, and it has not. I can find no indication of SAntivirus in my files.
If a problem presents itself I'll return to this thread, or open a new one, depending on circumstances at the time. I once again thank you all for your help.
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