GuitarBob
Joined: 09 Jul 2006 |
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Location: USA |
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:35 pm |
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You might consider setting Clamwin's filters to only include in your scans the file extensons that are most likely harbor malware. There are 50-60 or so extensions. This should help speed up your scans. Google for "dangerous file extensions," but here's a link to one such site below:
https://safecomputing.ttu.edu/lubbock/recommended/fileextensions.php
Be sure your list includes office extensions like *.doc, *.ppt, *.xls, *.rtf, *.pdf and zip extensions like *.zip, *.rar, *.tar, *.7z, *.gz and sometimes forgotten executables like *.dll, *.php, *.asp, *.ini.
You could also break up your scans so that you scan your Windows directory at 10 am and your programs directory at noon, your documents/settings directory at 2 pm, etc.
Regards,
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