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Realtime vs. scheduled scan

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by wesley.chin

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is there really a benefit to having scheduled scans if realtime protection is enabled for antispyware?

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by cg it

Install and forget isn't something I would do with antisypware or antivirus software.

That's my preference. I simply don't trust real time protection.

There's been many a site I've gone into and asked when the last time they scanned. Answer: Never we have real time protection.

Of course once one does a scan there are always TAC 3s are found, which aren't really bad but... real time doesn't say anything about it and there is no documentation that at least antispyware did something. Always like that paper...

by seanferd

1) Something that isn't detected incoming may be detected after it establishes itself.

2) After definitions are updated a system scan might show something that realtime scanning does not.

The thing is: it might be able to detect a file, even if it is blind (or has been made so) to activity.

by wesley.chin

Thanks for the replies. Your comments had been my thinking also, but management has been of a different mindset. I wanted to get some opinions to gauge the validity of my thinking.

by boxfiddler Hot topic

as Windows corrupts over time it is possible that things we think are getting done automatically and on schedule aren't.

This is one of my big paranoias re: Windows and its tendency to degrade over time.

edit: urrgghh. another typo

by seanferd

Thanks for bolstering my personal preference for doing everything manually. :)
I personally distrust any automation in a PC, and don't need any extra processes running.

Therefore, I amend my statement, to say that initiating manual scans is even better. I do realize that this is even less likely to gain favor with the bosses.

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