Scan Time

mickb

Can anyone tell me if it is normal to need 5 hours for a full system scan please? Win Vista SP2, 4GB RAM, 188GB disk used plus a backup disk.

thanks

rootkit

Hello

Welcome back.

Please note that the scan time depends on the number of files you have. More files will make the scan task take longer to finish.

In order for BitDefender to make a complete scanning, you need to shut down all open programs. Especially your email-clients (i.e. Outlook, Outlook Express or Eudora) and browsers. Also we do not recommend you to use the computer while the scan is running. The scan process is designed to use all available resources, this way the process will be faster and will provide the best protection.

Looking forward to hear from you. Take care.