Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877542 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've just installed Malwarebytes on a new Laptop PC which has Windows 7 Pro 64 bit system. The only software I have installed is MS Office and my email files.I downloaded started an initial Malwarebytes scan which is still running now as I type and has been running for 1 hour and 15 minutes !!This is just ridiculous!!! I dread to think how long it will run after I install all my normal programs........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877546 Share Posted September 10, 2014 75 minutes is NOT a long time and it certainly is not ridiculous. A scan that takes 1200 minutes may be considered a long time but not if one does a full scan on terabytes of data. For example. One might have Archive scanning enabled but have numerous RAR and ZIP files. That can undoubtedly extend the time of scanning. 75 minutes is not excessive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877554 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I have an absolute minimum of software installed and it has now been scanning for 2 hours and 16 minutes. I cannot put up with this any longer and will ditch the program... Glad I didn't buy the full version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877560 Share Posted September 10, 2014 64Bit OS and Office 2013 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877568 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yes - Microsoft Office 2013 - Professional Plus (64 Bit) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877571 Share Posted September 10, 2014 The first scan takes longer then future scans because of disk caching. I am more concerned about the found threats it already found. Also are you trying to use this computer during the scan? I've just installed Malwarebytes on a new Laptop PC which has Windows 7 Pro 64 bit system. The only software I have installed is MS Office and my email files. What about the pre installed junk from the factory? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877580 Share Posted September 10, 2014 It's still running now !! There is no pre-installed 'Junk' - it's all been removed..... The threats were only PUPs nothing serious... I was not using the computer during the scan, except, to post on this forum.I realize that running other applications whilst any kind of scan is in progress, will extend the scan time. Just for your information - I'm an experienced computer user. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877583 Share Posted September 10, 2014 How much RAM is in the x64 and is it an Intel or AMD CPU ? The threats were only PUPs nothing serious...More than just Win64 and Office '13 were installed then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877587 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Just for your information - I'm an experienced computer user. No Offense intended. What is your installed AV? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877607 Share Posted September 10, 2014 The laptop has 8GB RAM and an Intel Core i5 processor. Installed Anti-Virus is AVG (Free Version) always up to date.... The PUPs were probably included within some trial apps. which I downloaded, installed tried and then subsequently uninstalled..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877629 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanx. That helps give a clearer picture. One more thing... How big is the hard disk (formatted capacity) and what is the free space left on the hard disk ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877649 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hard disk is 219 GB (NTFS) 158.6 GB Free space (C: Drive) Total disk capacity is 500 GB (Nominal) and is partitioned 219 GB + 219 GB (C: Drive and D: Drive) D: Drive is currently empty but will be used as Data storage, when files are transferred from my previous PC. Remaining space on Hard disk has the Recovery Partition and an EFI System partition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 10, 2014 ID:877651 Share Posted September 10, 2014 So your data-set is ~50GB. AVG may be slowing down the scan as it will also scan every file that Malwarebytes scans especially if Archive file scanning is enabled and this is a full scan, not a quick scan (or whatever the new verbiage is they chose to use in v2.x). EDIT: One more question (sorry)... 5400 or 7200 RPM SATA drive ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877666 Share Posted September 10, 2014 OK but forgot to say.... AVG was temporarily disabled (Until Re-Boot) I always do this as a matter of course, during scans,except of course if doing an AVG scan Hard drive is 2.5in SATA 5400rpm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted September 10, 2014 Root Admin ID:877671 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Initial guess would be issues with AVG and MBAM but in order for us to stop guessing we would need to see some logs to see what's going on with the computer. Please read the following and post back the 3 requested logs. Diagnostic Logs Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davwill Posted September 10, 2014 Author ID:877679 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thank you all for your replies - they are appreciated - but sorry, this is becoming too much hassle and I'm not prepared to waste any more time on the problem. I'll find an alternative solution for malware scanning.... there are quite a few which I've used in the past Thanks again for all your time. Kind Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted September 10, 2014 Root Admin ID:877693 Share Posted September 10, 2014 No problem. Thank you. Take care Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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