Comments for When do I actually need to run a virus scan?

Comment from www.pshycic.de.tl on 2009-04-18

2009-04-19T02:34:41Z

ok! but i think antivirus are also bad. they makes computer slow and eats up the bandwidth of internet connection for updating.

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Comment from Asif Dange on 2008-12-25

2008-12-25T09:49:08Z

Hi Leo,

I have a small querry. I have an antivirus on my machine. The Real time scan is always ON. But when i do a manual scan i find some of my files were infected with virus which the Real Time scan didnt find out. Can u suggest me what was the possible problem as to why The Real Time Scan didnt notice about the virus?????????

I have only one Antivirus running on my machine.

It's difficult to say without knowing exactly what anti-virus program you're using. Some "real time" scans only scan what's coming in over your internet connection, for example. If a file arrives some other way, say through windows networking, it might not be caught. Similarly some programs don't real-time scan everything even on the internet - they scan browser activity and email, but might skip peer-to-peer file sharing applications or other apps. As you've seen, a periodic full scan is an important step in addition to real-time.

- Leo
25-Dec-2008

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Comment from Colleen on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T17:51:10Z

You mentioned you run your scan at night. Does that mean that computer DOES NOT need to be on for the scan to run? Thanks so much!

It means that I leave my computers running at night. Your computer must be on to run scans.

- Leo
04-Dec-2008

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Comment from Ken Crook on 2008-01-05

2008-01-06T07:00:01Z

If you live near a Fry's Electronics store they have a Norton AntiVirus 3-user copy (works fine for just one computer) for $49.95 with a $30 mail-in rebate, and a $20 upgrade mail-in rebate. Fry's seems to do this every year. I haven't paid more than tax for Norton AntiVirus in 3-4 years. So if you have Norton AntiVirus the 2008 version is free. If not it's only $20 this year and probably free next year.

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Comment from kim on 2007-06-16

2007-06-16T18:43:22Z

hi Leo I just downloaded a free virus scan from Winantispyware. Do you know if this was a good thing to do or not?

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Comment from shaun on 2007-03-27

2007-03-27T07:37:11Z

Hey leo,

Ill keep this simple as possible. I bought a new computer and it had the free norton anitivirus program for 40 days. to renew it 90$. so should i renew it or shall i just get a free AVG antivirus program? is the free ones good or the paid ones better? thanks for your time and also sorry updates for the anitivirus means that specialy for the program or for the whole computer. because i cant see updates just for the antivirus program. thanks

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