My WR logs have several entries each day "Begin passive write scan" and "End passive write scan". They are mostly for 1 file but can be up to 9 files and only take a second to complete.
Just curious as to what these scans might be if anyone can assist. I do a regular scan every day that hasn't found anything malicious to date.
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"Passive write scan"
+34Best answer by JohnnyS
The setting that is logging this information is "Realtime Shield - Scan files when written or modified". Our software does active scanning of disk I/O and this is the logging you are seeing. If you see a high number of files at a time (usually around 40+) it may be causing performance issues, and I'd suggest turning that setting off. In the GUI it's under Advanced Settings - Shields - Check files for threats when written or modified.
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The setting that is logging this information is "Realtime Shield - Scan files when written or modified". Our software does active scanning of disk I/O and this is the logging you are seeing. If you see a high number of files at a time (usually around 40+) it may be causing performance issues, and I'd suggest turning that setting off. In the GUI it's under Advanced Settings - Shields - Check files for threats when written or modified.
+34Many thanks Johnny, that is very helpful. I've just done a more thorough search in the log files and see that occasionally there have been up to 69 files at any one time but even then the scan only takes 2/3 seconds. I'll monitor the situation and adjust the setting if I feel it's affecting performance.
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