Scan time greatly increased

[Cimarron]

After a spybot scan, I have never noticed that it stated the time that it took for the scan.

Where would one find this?


Thanks

[Cimarron]

After a Spybot scan, I have never noticed that the time for the scan was displayed.

Where would you find this displayed?

Thanks

Sorry - double post here!!!!

[Cimarron]

I really apologize for the repeats. When I replied and never saw my post, I thought it didn't go through. I never realized that you had to click on page 2 on the bottom so it would show.

[drragostea]

On a patched Windows ME (unsupported) machine, a average scan without AVG would have taken around 30-40 minutes. On a Windows XP SP2 however, the Spybot-SD (latest version) scan with AVG 8.0 Free would have still took 16-20 minutes. Twenty minutes at max for mine. I just find it odd how OS's prior to 2000 took longer to scan than XP and the modern OS's.

[tashi]

I just find it odd how OS's prior to 2000 took longer to scan than XP and the modern OS's.

Ever defragmented Win ME?

[Debbie 58]

Okay, I have looked at what was added in the last lot of updated definitions in the Announcements section and Zlob.downloader.bs is mentioned. This would point to it being in conflict with an unknown issue on some machines. Perhaps we can hope that the next lot of definitions might fix this?

[md usa spybot fan]

Debbie 58:

If you do not want to run the scan for "Zlob.downloader.bs":

• Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Ignore products.
• Locate the item that you what to exclude from the scan ("Zlob.downloader.bs") and check it.

[drragostea]

@tashi. Correct, I have defragmented before running a Spybot-SD scan (1.5.2.20 w/ latest updates) and have performed a "cleanup" with CCleaner (latest). I also usually perform a disk check for errors every few months. I'm not really sure why my aunt's Windows ME (fully patched) takes so long to scan. I mean her OS does have a lot less files than my XP.

Windows ME:
Fully patched (unsupported as of 2006)
ATI Rage 128
64 MB of RAM
Dial-up (Netzero)
10 GB of Space
Drives C and D (backup).

[Debbie 58]

md usa spybot fan, Oh thankyou so much for that tip. I was unaware you could do that. I will not scan again til the next lot of definitions and if it sticks at that point I will then exclude it. Thanks again for your expert knowledge. It is very much appreciated!

[md usa spybot fan]

Cimarron:

After a spybot scan, I have never noticed that it stated the time that it took for the scan.

Where would one find this?

Scan Status

During the running of a Spybot scan ("Check for problems") the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the Spybot window shows the following:

• "Running bot-check(xxxxx/yyyyy:zzzzzz)" where:
  
  • xxxxx = Current check count.
  • yyyyy = Total check count.
  • zzzzz = Malware check being performed.
  
  
  
• The zzzzz value is not what is on your system, it is the malware check being performed by Spybot.

At the end of the Spybot scan the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the Spybot window shows the following:

• "xx problems found (mm:ss)" where:
  
  • xx = Number of problems found.
  • mm:ss = Scan time in minutes and seconds.