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montdoug 10-24-2020 05:40 PM

Way off topic but I'm computer illiterate and I have a question"
 
I started running "McAfee Livesafe" on my HP with windows 10. Started in last night about 1:50 AM in "full scan" mode. today at 11:20 AM it is at 11%. That seems Big Time, excessively long and slow, opinions?
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TinMan 10-24-2020 07:12 PM

That seems excessive to me. My laptop is pretty fast, an Intel core i7, and a Norton quick scan takes about 5-6 minutes and a full scan takes about 2 hours. A lot depends on how full the hard drive is and how much RAM is in the computer.

MIBULLETS 10-25-2020 12:25 AM

If you just installed it and you have a lot of data stored, it could take quite a while for the initial scan since it is scanning everything. Subsequent scans usually only scan anything new or things that have been modified. Still seems like a long time but if it is progressing, I would let it finish.

georgeld 10-25-2020 05:27 AM

Wow Doug's back!!

Thought you fell in a hole up there.

How's things besides this?

Foxhunter223 10-25-2020 05:52 AM

If your Version of McAfee AV has the Check Box “scan with minimal resources”, then make sure it is unchecked.

Pete

Jingle 10-26-2020 06:42 AM

Anti virus software is like having a virus. And its pretty much worthless other than the fact that it will tell you everything is a virus even if it isn't. Just something to think about.

Malware is another story.

Point is I wouldn't stress over it. Just stop it and restart it in quick scan mode.

Daryl 10-26-2020 05:41 PM

Yes - that's an idea. I use Bitdefender firewall, anti-virus and anti-malware on my desk-top and phone.
I like it better than the others. I don't trust Norton - had trouble with them in the past on billing and wasn't too impressed with McAfee either - but that was a long time ago.
With Bitdefender, it takes about 15 minutes to do a complete scan.

Johnly 10-27-2020 05:42 PM

Another Bitdefender user here.


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