Ok, first of all im a FULLY registered user of AVG anti virus but have been using the free version because the last license i purchased was for 64 bit windows which i abandoned. I just also abandoned AVG because they are using "buy me now" popup window spamming in their free version. I uninstalled their AV and installed clamwin and when i do a scan it creates a 30 gig temp file.

why is it creating a temp file during scanning thats taking up such a HUGE chunk of my drive?

not only is the scan creating THIRTY GIGS of temp data but windows is constantly nagging me about the complete lack of an anti virus utility. does clamwin not register with windows?

ClamWin isn't registered with Windows as an antivirus--probably won't be until version 1.0. To prevent this "nag," go to the Windows Security Center, Antivirus Section, Recommendations, and check the box to monitor with your own software.

Regards,

and why does a scan of a half full 60 gig partition need to use up thirty gigs of space?

That's quite a lot of space for ClamWin temporary files. You shouldn't normally have much space devoted to Clam temp files. I just did a search on my Win XP machine and I only have one clamtmp.temp file in my C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Temp directory--looks like it relates to a scan of an XML document/documents. These clamtmp files are "housekeeping" files from scans, and they are supposed to be cleaned up during ClamWin operation.

If you have only made a couple of scans, see if you can delete the Clamtmp files and if they come back after another scan. If they do, perhaps Alch/Sherpya can help. It might help to know what sort of system you have and if you have a lot of out-of-the-ordinary sorts of files.

Regards,

i can clean them up after a scan completes.

these aren't multiple files created over multiple scans, my scan is creating thiry gigs of temp file during ONE SINGLE scan!

Is there any way to identify the file scanned from which the temp file was created? You might try to click on the temp file (that's what I did to my temp file) to open it up, see what it says, and that might give you an idea as to what's going on. The ClamWin programmers might need this info.

Regards,

ok i am running a scan now just to create the temp files. i have over 100 temp files and they are binary not text so i believe they are just caches of what is being scanned. each file is 200000k+ in size (the largest i see is 255040k in size). inspecting the contents of said files gives me zero info about what scanned file/files are associated with which temp files.

by the way, one scan takes over 5 hours to complete and its only 30 gigs of data. Also, if i do the windows cleanup thing most of these files go away - therefore the bug is probably in that the scanner does not clean up after itself, it just keeps on trucking leaving all that dross behind.

this and the fact that one scan takes most of my work day makes this scanner unusable.

It sounds like you have something seriously wrong with your installation. Are you using 0.93? Perhaps a remove and reinstall might be useful.

ok, i uninstalled and reinstalled. i started a scan at 11 am thismorning, its now 2:30 pm and im not finished with the scan. i DO have a HUGE number of files (for example i have well over 50 thousand guitar tab files) but theres no reason any virus scan should take this long. I think this software has a very long way to go before its actually production ready and i really need something thats production ready now.

Also, this is still filling my drive up with the temp files which is totally unacceptable. if the scanner needs to create temp files they should be SMALL. not over 100 files of 2.5 gigs each.

Ill come back in 4 or 5 years when this product has matured a little more :/

I suggest that you exclude the guitar tab files from ClamWin scans and see if that will help (Configure, Filter on left side). Your chances of them being infected is probably very low or nil, since they are probably not executable files.

Of all the Windows file types that exist, there are only about 60 or so that you will normally have to worry about being infected. I know that AVG looks at most of these file types (I use them for ClamWin), and I'll just bet that your guitar tab files are not among those at which it looks. Try a scan with AVG of the directory containing those files (use the right context menu) and see what happens. It might prove interesting!

BTW, are those "smart" guitar tabs, or do they just show the position on the fretboard--without time values and other musical notation?

Regards,

i have tabs in 3 basic formats, one is just pure text, one is for guitarpro which is a commercial application and the last type is for power tab editor which is free but not quite up to guitar pro's standards and is no longer being developed. also, i ALWAYS remove ALL file types from exclude lists. if thers a file on my drive i want it scanned, even if it SAYS its pure text.

also, i uninstalled avg and will never reinstall it. any company that starts to use popup "buy me now!, BUY ME NOW!" adverts gets my vote for the trash can every time. i stopped using adaware because of the in your face marketing they employ now. im FULLY registered to use AVG and have been for years but was running the free version because my latest registration was for 64 bit win which i abandoned. Im sure the in your face marketing is removed from the commercial version but i will not support any application that uses these techniques to advertise. AVG is good enough that it speaks for itself.

Ill vote with my dollars and never spend another penny with Grisoft. I wont "call for a blaklist" or any of taht BS, ill just quietly spend my hard earned money elsewhere and let them know why.

AVG has provided a lot of free security when it was "hungry." Intel bought a large part of it a couple of years ago, and they are probably responsible for the changes. If they didn't have Intel backing, they couldn't have upgraded their technology with the acquisitions of Ewido and now LinkScanner.

ClamWin, on the other hand, only has two programmers who work on the project in their spare time, and they are in different countries.

Regards,