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Hello everyone,

 

I have been curious about something I noticed when performing scans. I can click "scan my computer" and it will complete the scan relatively quickly. I take note of the number of files scanned. Then if I perform another scan immediately after, often the number of files scanned will increase. Is this common or do I potentially have an issue on my computer?

 

Thank you in advance!
Welcome to the Webroot Community Forum,

 

I am not sure if you have ever checked exactly what files are created on a Windows operating system but from my experience the operating system will create a varying number of temporary files and then delete them during the time that it is booted up.  You will also find that this is the case with some applications...just run SpaceSniffer for an example of this...it is contantly trying to update its view of ones disk as a result of this apparently random chnages.

 

So if that is indeed occuring it makes sense that WSA when scanning will scan a differing number of files/objects depending on what has/is being created/delete, etc. during the scanning processs.

 

And to allay any concerns that you may have about WSA 's effectiveness and approach to malware please take a look at this KB article that tries to explain simply how it works.

 

 

Personally , I would not worry about this changing number of files.  If there is an active nasty out there on your disk then WSA will catch it.

 

 

Hope this clarifies things for you,

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 
Thank you very much fir the info!
Hi DBDx316,

 

You are Welcome and we are happy we could answer this question for you!:D

 

 

Thanks for getting back to us.

 

 

Regards,

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