Ive decided to do full scan because ive not done one for donkeys....

Started at 19:12, now 20:25 and its done 3%. its munching up alot of my power too, 100% on a dual core :eek:

Kinda makes me realise just how much crap i have on my machine.. about 3/4 of a terabyte!

Ive decided to give kaspersky a try instead of AVG free.. as its alleged to be the best Virus scanner amongst geeks

EDIT: just noticed it has a estimated completion time, which is currently 2:30 AM:rofl:

Get a proper 'pooter then.

Or stop looking at you- porn all night, your 'pooter will go blind

HTH.

Get a proper 'pooter then.

Or stop looking at you- porn all night, your 'pooter will go blind

HTH.

but pr0n is the only reason i HAVE a computer!

but pr0n is the only reason i HAVE a computer!

Can computers catch std's?

Can computers catch std's?

No.. but as the motto goes "better safe than sorry"

it now says 4.45 as estimated completion time

No.. but as the motto goes "better safe than sorry"

it now says 4.45 as estimated completion time

you don't have to sit and watch it Col , it will do it itself on its own

a bit like watching p0rn then

you don't have to sit and watch it Col , it will do it itself on its own

a bit like watching p0rn then

True :P

True :P

Just let it run all night and get a life Col

Kaspersky is very highly rated, if you want free use Avast.

AVG is pants.

now up to 9%

I dont mind paying for decent AV, its only £20 for 3 machines....

Just let it run all night and get a life Col

Problem with that....

PC is in my bedroom...

PC has 2 10krpm raptors which are not exactly silent

Problem with that....

PC is in my bedroom...

PC has 2 10krpm raptors which are not exactly silent

Then sleep on the coach

Problem with that....

PC is in my bedroom...

PC has 2 10krpm raptors which are not exactly silent

Upgrade them then

Its still going now.. 98%

I'll bet after all this it doesn't find anything

NOD32 is the fastest scanner.

I'll bet after all this it doesn't find anything

It has found some bits.. nothing out the ordinary, just various varieties of java trojans (which dont affect me as i use firefox and noscript) and spam emails with virus attachments that i havent deleted yet..

Theres no substitute for common sense

A touch late to say that you should delete stuff that you mean to delete before running a scan?

And an anti-recommendation; do not use S(L)Ophos Sweep.

NOD32 is the best, end of.

Theres no substitute for common sense

This coming from the person who leaves a loud computer in his room so he can't sleep

Nice to see it's finished.

dumping your temp internet files and running a disk clean up before you start can make a big difference.

dumping your temp internet files and running a disk clean up before you start can make a big difference.

Thats exactly what I do - I use CCleaner then move on to Virus Scan. It works out about 20min at most.

10 minutes here usually. Ccleaner too.

Then sleep on the coach

why ? where is going to ?

Have binned off Kasperksy as its quite a hefty program that definately takes its toll on performance. got NOD32 now and it offers all the same features and its a bit lighter on the performance hit