Disabling Autoscan

AriesBear
AriesBear
in Antivirus

If I disable Autoscan I am assuming that BD 2013 is still monitoring my emails and incoming net traffic for threats just not doing a scan for potential threats on my computer.......?


Thanks in advance,


AB

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  • columbo
    columbo ✭

    Hi AB, and welcome :)


    Yes, that is correct, all of your real time protection is still active, including AV on accessing scanning, and AVC. You will just have the intermediate non critical issue color (yellow/gold) on your system tray icon, and the upper toolbar.


    You should then consider running a System Scan more often, say weekly, as compared to every 2 weeks or so (with Autoscan on, the manual says ~1 a month) The Autoscan uses very little resources, and only runs during idle times, and IMHO, I would rather have that run then doing more power hungry System Scans (open Task Manager/Performance, while doing a System Scan)


    Hope this helped,


    Scott

  • AriesBear
    AriesBear

    Ok Scott - thanks for the confirmation.


    Best,


    /s/ Tom


    Hi AB, and welcome :)


    Yes, that is correct, all of your real time protection is still active, including AV on accessing scanning, and AVC. You will just have the intermediate non critical issue color (yellow/gold) on your system tray icon, and the upper toolbar.


    You should then consider running a System Scan more often, say weekly, as compared to every 2 weeks or so (with Autoscan on, the manual says ~1 a month) The Autoscan uses very little resources, and only runs during idle times, and IMHO, I would rather have that run then doing more power hungry System Scans (open Task Manager/Performance, while doing a System Scan)


    Hope this helped,


    Scott

  • columbo
    columbo ✭

    You're welcome Tom, it was gladly done :)

  • Georgia
    Georgia ✭✭✭

    Hello AB,


    I am glad you received the answer in a timely manner thanks to Scott. :)


    If you have other queries please don't hesitate to start a new topic.

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