How often do you scan your computer for viruses ?

i scan my computer desktop and laptop everyday. its setup to scan it everyday afternoon to make sure its running ok with no problems.

I have put out an automaic scan schedule for my computer where it scan twice a week thoroughly. I Use McAfee. Its very useful in detecting very dangerous virus and ofcoarse its getting updated. daily. Happy Mylotting. Cheers

i scan usually and so it depends also from period!!I think that having a regular scan and upodates of your anti-virus will prevent as good an infection for your pc as well!!till now i had not a stong infections for my pc and so seeing that scanning regulary works for the security i will do it!!Sometimes i program the settings to have a scan authomatically may be in hours where i can't work on my pc in this way it will load automatically and so did not disturb my work as well!!

Hi there, well i am using AVG anti virus and everyday my computer was scan by AVG automatically. I set it every 8pm everyday, so far no problem with my computer. Keep on mylotting.

Hello friend. I am using Window Vista 32 bit Operating system and it has got a very good malware preventer in the form of Windows defender. Also, online protection and on-access protection of my antivirus is on, so I don't have to worry about the viruses and if they enter the system then that means they are not detected by my antivirus and then I have to delete them manually. Also, I think that if there is a virus in your system and your startup, then if it is not removed by antivirus, it will be hard to remove the next time also. The virus may damage your system too badly also. So, better install some new and better antivirus, or try deleting the virus manually. Happy MyLotting.

I rarely scan for virus. Only when I am checking USB,I scan.

If you keep your anti-virus up to date, then its probably not a virus. I check my disk for errors, clean my temp files and a registry fix more than I do a full AV scan.

Hey, I usually scan my computer about once per week, I don't really have time to scan my computer any more often than that. Usually it takes a few hours to scan the entire computer. Make sure you have a good day, Happy Lotting!!

i only scan certain files that look suspicious to me, otherwise my antivirus programs usually catches anything else automatically. also, i am very cautious and usually examine a file manually to see if it has suspicious things in it ( i repair computers for a living and over the years, i've learned what to look for). also everyone should backup anything they cannot replace, because sooner or later everyone gets a virus or a failed hard drive or something. you just never know.

when ever i update my antivirus i try to scan and there is a tip i use i use safe mode to scan as no other viruses can be downloaded automatically

I actually scan my computer once every month and re-install operating system after every 3-4 months.With this habit i've never got a virus attack since i've got my computer.So try to scan ur pc if its acting funny and getting slow. Or the best solution-- Format and re-install operating system . This is the best method and no virus can stand against this method...

What antivirus software do you use. Iyt is recommended that you scan at least two days in a week. As you work on the net lots of temporary files are copied to your machine which blocks a lot of space. If you think that your computer is infected with virus please format your pc. Virus is avry bad thing. It deleted important files and therefore treat it early.

hi, my linux centos needn't to be installed antivirus software at my office, there are few virus in linux, and my company don't want to waste much time to full scan virus, TIME IS MONEY is my company's catchphrase. I scan my private computer by Avira, Avira is German antivirus software,it doesn't occupy much memory and cost much time,when i begin full scan, i am eating meal, full scan just costs eating time,quick and functional antivirus soft is popular. Of course i also install firewall and anti-trojan software, i only set quick scan, it can save time.take care of computer don'to be attacked by virus usually,it is a good habit,you won't cost much time to full scan.

yaa.. i regulerly scan my computers.. because..i know i am using internet daily..so there is more possibility of attacking virus.. so i scan daily.. but sometime o forget to scan..but next day..i scan in proper way..

I used to scan like at least once a day every time I got off the computer or before I shut it down for bed! But now it scans automatically every couple of days at 4am, so I don't have to do anything; when I pull the computer up the results are always right there! Taripre$

You ram can be one of the most simple issues that cause this problem. You may be lacking ram volume or the cache memory of the ram is full and needs to be "dump" out. I'm not sure how you do it but I'm sure hopefully one of the contributors here will talk more about it. I run on a pc and also I use redhat. So I usually feel that when my pc is slow its because of all the processing without dumping to reuse the space for more important information. You can also try to downgrade some of the visual basics you may be running. Sometimes when running higher end visual graphics it can stress the computer to work harder. Therefore not allowing other programs to react just as fast. Plus long term use of the program may reset certain priorities it may have when allocating the ram memory. You can sometimes force certain programs to have 0 or 1 priority which makes it run or have more dedicated memory to it. God bless

We do have our computer auto-scanned at noon time. But that is if the computer is no. Nevertheless, I try to scan the computer almost everyday.

i used to scan my computer daily for viruses........but now i only do it once in a week when i have my weekly off......since i don't get time from my job i have to scan it only on my weekly off.....

Run my virus scan every morning, after updates. Also, after that, I run malware scans. I am mighty paranoid when it comes to computer virus.

Try Kaspersky Internet Security Complete Protection it scans and you dont even know it is doing it. It tells you when there is a threat, it updates itself when you turn your computer on so you have no hassles with it.