{"id":825,"date":"2026-09-20T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:32:34","slug":"antivirus-how-long-might-a-full-scan-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/antivirus-how-long-might-a-full-scan-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Antivirus: how long might a full scan take?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Running a full virus scan is likely good once in a while. Yet, how much time might such a scan require?<\/h2>\n

\nI mention in my post from July 17, 2026<\/a> running a full virus scan on a computer after giving it a tune-up. Assuming no hang-ups, how long might a full virus scan take?<\/p>\n

\nOf course, the duration of a full virus scan will depend on the CPU, whether the hard drive is solid state (which I guess most primary ones are by now), and how many files are stored on the device. However, some examples might be good, just to give perspective.<\/p>\n

\nThe desktop I’m using right now, purchased in 2022, I believe, has a SSD and an i5 chip with six cores. It shipped with Windows 10, but has auto-upgraded since to 11. Its SSD (the primary hard drive) has about 100GB on it, with another 50GB on a HDD (old school).<\/p>\n

\nI run Norton360, and a full virus scan takes about six minutes.<\/p>\n

\nIn my experience, full virus scans take less time, the more often one does them. I try to do it about once per week.<\/p>\n

\nI’ve had devices that took much longer than six minutes to scan; in fact, this one, right now, likely has the fastest scan time I’ve seen in years. Why that might be, and how one can get their computer more quickly scannable, I hope to discuss in coming posts.<\/p>\n

\nPS: I always hope to post more often than has been happening lately. However, I’ve been tending to some problems that will likely be material for future posts:)<\/p>\n

-js<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running a full virus scan is likely good once in a while. Yet, how much time might such a scan require? I mention in my post from July 17, 2026 running a full virus scan on a computer after giving it a tune-up. Assuming no hang-ups, how long might a full virus scan take? Of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antivirus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}