To run or not to run.

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by dills58, Jun 23, 2009.

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    Hi DP people, could someone tell me if it is necessary to manually run a full system scan with the anti virus system on a regular bases or just let it sit there monitoring the in's and outs of the computer?
     
    dills58, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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  2. deluxdon

    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    I do run full system scan once in a month through my antivirus and rest let it sit there monitoring the in's and outs.

    DON.
     
    deluxdon, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  3. victoriaphee

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    #3
    running a full system scan once a week wouldn't hurt
     
    victoriaphee, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    RightMan Notable Member

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    I run the full system scan on weekends every week with real time monitoring of the system on a continuous basis! :)

    Regards,

    RightMan
     
    RightMan, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  5. Digital_shubhi

    Digital_shubhi Illustrious Member

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    Well, I don't do much scanning of full system. :D
    I do it only when my anti virus detects a virus or something else. :)

    - Digital -
     
    Digital_shubhi, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  6. thefreebielife

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    #6
    Never scanned my mac.
     
    thefreebielife, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    #7
    Do a full system scan atleast once in a month..That would be sufficient..
     
    shashank_re, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  8. Going Green

    Going Green Active Member

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    I let it do it's thing in the background and run a full system scan once a month along with a defrag, scandisk & cookie deletion.
     
    Going Green, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  9. sampath kumar

    sampath kumar Active Member

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    Well, i don't do full system scan on a regular basis, only delete the viruses if my anti virus detects any......:cool:
     
    sampath kumar, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    dpaccount4me Banned

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    I only run it when I have free time.
     
    dpaccount4me, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    i mostly run a full system antivirus scan when i install it only,
    weekly once run malware antimalware bytes,
     
    CyberWorldJobs, Jun 23, 2009 IP
  12. mdvasanth86

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    Na... Na.... I dont do it...

    Only when some problem occurs... Very rare for me...
     
    mdvasanth86, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    Nope I dont do cleaning up my system, because I have installed deepfreeze. It will remove the virus everytime they go to into my computer :D
     
    narci, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    I run it weekly
     
    thinhdt, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    depends on your use.

    if you are visiting porn sites everyday, you need to scan every 24 hours...:D.

    I do a full scan once a month.....usually I let the scan run at nite when I am sleeping...:).
     
    sachin410, Jun 23, 2009 IP
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    #16
    My kaspersky in windows enviornment, I trust it and seldom scan the OS .
     
    justinlorder, Jun 24, 2009 IP
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    #17
    I Want to do it.. but.. I'll skip it as it is so boring :)
     
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  18. Dinesh_add

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    I do run full system scan in every 2 month
     
    Dinesh_add, Jun 24, 2009 IP
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    #19
    run a full scan at least once a month. it helps to be sure these days ;)
     
    cool_78, Jun 24, 2009 IP
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    #20
    you should run full computer scan in a month
     
    aleale, Jun 24, 2009 IP