Because whole-computer scans take so long and make your computer so sluggish, you might schedule your computer to do its scans at a regular time when you’re not using it. Personally, I have my antivirus program scan my entire computer on Mondays at 2:00 a.m. Sometimes I stay up late on the computer on Sunday … Read more
Most antivirus programs, in addition to letting you scan your entire computer for viruses, also give you the ability to scan individual files and directories. Some antivirus programs require you to open the antivirus program, select the scan option, and then browse to the file(s) or directory(ies) you wish to scan. This works, but it’s … Read more
The brute-force method of scanning your computer is to look at the entire hard drive and every file in it. It’s actually pretty easy to tell your antivirus software to do this — just scan drive C:, or all hard drives, or however your antivirus program offers the choices to you. There are probably ten … Read more