PLS get its scan faster PLS
i'll if u guys dont do nothing
But its database is huge

ClamWin's ClamAV database is growing, and it is going to grow lots more this year! Here are some unofficial suggestions to speed up your scans:

1. Configure advanced options to scan for infected files only.
2. Configure filter options to scan only the 50-60 or so most dangerous matching filenames (insert them as *.extension, such as *.exe, *.dll, etc.). Do a search on the Web for "dangerous file extensions".
3. Scan only the most dangerous areas/directories of your computer: memory, Documents and Settings, Programs, and Windows.
4. If you do scan the entire computer, schedule the scans when you will not be using it.

You will not be taking any big risk by doing any of this if you also use a real-time scanner (either commercial ones or free ones like AVG, AntiVir, or Avast). You really should be using a real time scanner with ClamWin until version 1.0 comes out.

Regards,

Don't worry i use AVG 7.5 Free, Spybot-S&D 1.5.2, Comodo Firewall Pro, System Protect, Tornado Anti-Spam, AVG Anti-Rootkit and ClamWin

You should be pretty well covered then. ClamWin makes a good backup scanner because it is updated more often than most of the AVs.

Regards,

Hi there....

well let me push this one up

I have no problem with the performance since i have a big and filled harddrive.

But one scan takes over 60 hours and more.

Is it possible to limit the clamscan.exe to just one instance. I have scheduled it to
start every day and 3.00 AM, so if i dont kill clamscan i have 3 runnung at the same
time.

Maybe it is possible to record the start time of the last full scan and an option to
check only files modified since then - would speed up a lot.

Anyhow cant wait until 1.0

Mike

the long time for scanning will be fixed with 93, since it uses a different approach in archives and file limits

hehe ....

fine ...

so let me change to:

Can't wait until 0.93

Mike

In the meantime, you don't have to scan every file in every directory on your hard drive. There are probably lots of files on your computer that will never be involved with malware. Set up ClamWin's Preferences, Filters, to only scan the 50-60 file extensions that are most likely to harbor malware. There's a a short list you could use at: https://safecomputing.ttu.edu/lubbock/recommended/fileextensions.php on the Web. There's a better one at:https://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?page_id=597 on the Web, and it also shows the extensions that are monitored by Zone Alarm. Most lists, however, don't show document extensions and zipped/compressed extensions, so you should include them too--.doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .rtfm and .zip, .tar, .rar, .7z. If you use Office 2007, include .doc*, .xl**, and .pp**.

You will be pretty safe in doing this because it will provide coverage for about 80% of the malware with around a 50% reduction in scan time. If you also use a real-time scanner in addition to ClamWin, you will be very safe.

Regards,