I recently pared down the file types that I want ClamWin to look at during a scan to about 30 of the most likely file types included in email attachments that might harbor viruses. It took my Win98 computer about the same amount of time (over 2 hours) to scan my 80 GB hard drive as it did previously when I had almost twice as many included file types. I also noticed that I was getting screen progress reports for the % of file finished that included file types that were not in my filtered extensions.

Therefore, I’m wondering if during a scan of an entire hard drive, ClamWin even considers the file types to be filtered before it scans a file. If it doesn’t, then it should—as it would speed up the scanning process if it only considers those file types that have been filtered.

Regards,

please refer to this thread (at the bottom):
https://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=473

Yes, I performed the scan from the GUI, so there is a problem. I didn't realize this would be a problem for a stand-alone PC--thought it might only apply if you were using multiple PCs.

Regards,

it will be fixed soon, sorry for the inconvenience

Well, we're all on your time. Thanks for the efforts of all you guys. I think that within a year's time, you'll have something that will scare some of the commercial antivirus people!

Regards,