It takes the spy bot s&d a long time to run on my pc, is this normal?

Question

It takes the spy bot s&d a long time to run on my pc, is this normal?

Answer 1

Yes, it's normal for it to take a good half hour or so. It actually takes longer every time a new version of Spybot comes out, as more trojans/malware get added to the detection engine each time.

Answer 2

Yes it is normal for spybot because it is a memory hungry program. If you want a faster anti-spyware program get malwarebytes anti-malware 1.24 it has a quick scan mode.

Answer 3

Depends on how many files you have and there size. Sometimes, mine runs for over an hour.

Answer 4

Yes, scan depends on the size of the hard disk, the number of user accounts, and the scanning methodology.

For SpyBot S&Dm you could also choose full or mininal scan. The default is full scan--spyware, trojans, pups, etc. To do a minimal scan, open Spybot, then click Mode>>Advanced Mode. Then click Settings>>File Sets, then choose the filenames [*.sbi] to do a minimal scan.

When the Advanced Mode is enabled, click Search and Destroy button then choose File Sets, click the small down-arrow to select which scan you like: Select All, Minimal, Spyware check, Usage tracks, User defined. The full scan is done when you Select All. Minimal scan is done for a few file sets, etc.

I recommend that you do a full scan every other month, then just do a minimal scan once a week or spyware scan once daily, especially if you frequently visit sites known for malware.