Computer Scan

[micmak]

Why, When I get my anti virus to scan my computer does it skip some files. Please any answers.

[MarkRae]

Most virus scanners can be configured to ignore files of certain types, and there are some files e.g. plain text files which cannot contain viruses so there's no need to scan them...

[ChuckFickens]

they could be encrypted or password protected, or above a certain size, or they are a zip file with more than a certain amount of sub folders, or.....

It might just e easier if you said what AV it is, and check the logs, it should tell you.

[micmak]

Thankyou both for your answers. My AV is Bullguard. I am quite happy with it. To check which files it skipped I would have to scan again, this takes approx 30 minutes. you will have gathered I am not very good with either computers or typing.( My hand writing is pretty good though)

[zxyvixy]

Why is there so much hassle on the net? why cant we surf, without worrying about security and viruses ???????????

[vivandorron]

I wish we could zxyvixy....My AV is MS Essentials which I have downloaded for free and only hope that it is all it is cracked up to be. I didn't feel like paying £30. to renew full AVG. I know you can have for free a limited edition of AVG ( I've used it) but my experience was that it needed up-dating every week. MSE does scan very quickly and, as I am operating on Windows Vista, I am trusting that it is doing its job efficiently.

Ron