I use AVIRA and I have included C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\INFECTED\ by Options>> include. Once I found CC taking immensely long to list say some 500 infected items. When the progress bar was at 50% I cancelled it and clicked "Run cleaner". Even while cleaning the quarantine items it took a while , but it cleaned 100% . I think the speed can be improved here.
I hope you realise that you shouldn't really be using CCleaner in such a way with your antivirus! That long amount of time you explain is more than likely caused by Avira AntiVir not liking blocked files all of a sudden being removed in an unexpected way, etc.. I'd suggest the proper way to remove Quarantined files is from within the antivirus itself.
I hope you realise that you shouldn't really be using CCleaner in such a way with your antivirus! That long amount of time you explain is more than likely caused by Avira AntiVir not liking blocked files all of a sudden being removed in an unexpected way, etc.. I'd suggest the proper way to remove Quarantined files is from within the antivirus itself.
Hi,
I checked it with AVIRA closed down.Also I copied all those files into another drive and folder (with AVIRA closed down)and later included that folder in CCleaner. In both these cases too , CCleaner took an enormous time and CPU hogging. I believe it has to do with the method. In my test case the folder included about 10000 files and 43 MB.
The first analysis after opening CC always seems to take longer than subsequent analyses or runs: what deletion option are you using?
Normal File deletion and Wipe MFT free space
Try it without wipe mft. I've never used that option but I imagine there's a fair amount of work involved.
From what I remember you can't rum wipe mft without wipe free space, so untick that too.
Try it without wipe mft. I've never used that option but I imagine there's a fair amount of work involved.
From what I remember you can't rum wipe mft without wipe free space, so untick that too.
I am afraid , even that is to no avail...
How long does it take for Avira to delete these files? If you're getting a lot of infections then I would use Avira to delete them.
How long does it take for Avira to delete these files? If you're getting a lot of infections then I would use Avira to delete them.
As I have posted earlier , the same files were copied to another drive & folder and it took enough time to have that listed too , with AVIRA off. Might be it has to be practically seen.
You ignored the question, how much time ?
Perhaps you need to totally remove/uninstall Avira.
When you "turn it off" perhaps some protection remains in force.
My experience with both ESET NOD32 and Comodo is that they each have an executable that is always running in the background from power on to shut down, plus a separate executable to interact via a GUI that starts when the user logs on and again ends on shutdown. Even when the GUI process is turned off the start-up protection remains in force.
If Avira has detected 10,000 infected files and put them out of circulation already,
then Avira background may also detect their signatures and be extremely agitated when they are found on "another drive and folder", even if it has been "turned off".
I suggest you launch Windows Task manager and click on the processes Tab and click on the CPU heading, then observe which executable is using most of the CPU cycles. You may find Avira's executables are not innocent, either directly or via use of the O.S. (e.g. svchost).
Alan