Faster USB drive auto scan

Nunzio77

Good morning,

I suggest the option to have faster automatic scanning of USB drives. USB drives today are large in capacity and as a result can be filled with many small, medium and large files. So if you insert a very large USB drive the scan takes a few minutes and consequently before removing it you have to wait for the scan to finish (unless you interrupt it voluntarily). Therefore this becomes a bit boring, also because if you insert it several times you always have to wait this time. Therefore it would be ideal to optimize this scan by making it as fast as possible, precisely to avoid long waits in the case of many files to be scanned.

Thank you. 🙂

Nunzio77

@camarie what do you think?

camarie

Well, it would be an idea. But the USB drives are a prime target for infection due to their mobility, so a lighter scan would not be an ideal solution.

But I asked the question on the inner channels here. Let's see what other opinions I can get.

Nunzio77

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/331330#Comment_331330

Thanks @camarie you are very kind. 😃

Keep me informed. 😉

Perhaps the user could also choose whether to have a quick or in-depth scan, also based on their PC characteristics.

I also take this opportunity to point out that on two of my PCs the on-demand scan setting doesn't work and it never worked even before I reformatted the PC. Only the automatic one works and the on-demand one comes into operation when the antivirus is deactivated. This happens on two of my laptops with both the Plus and Free versions.

camarie

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/331332#Comment_331332

That would imply a new option. I'll propose this.

On-demand scan setting not working sounds like a bug. Can you elaborate? What version, perhaps a sketch of your settings, just to make an idea on how we can try to reproduce.

Nunzio77

@camarie the requested information:

PC-ASUS device name

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 Processor @ 2.20 GHz 2.20 GHz

Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.00 GB usable)

System type 32-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows 10 Pro edition

22H2 version

Installation date: ‎02/‎08/‎2023

Operating system version 19045.3693

Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0

Thank you 😉

Nunzio77

The operating system is the same on another HP PC, but not having it here with me I cannot recover the detailed information of the PC.