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Full scan not needed?

  • 4 November 2013
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In my daily deep scan, Webroot picked up something, which is pretty rare for me.
I decided to do a full scan on both my hard drives, and Webroot told me I didn't need to do that.  I decided to do it anyway, and Webroot picked up 2 more threats?
My confidence in the deep scans is a bit shaken.  I wonder if I should be doing a full scan regularly?
 
Stuart
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Best answer by Rakanisheu Retired 4 November 2013, 13:31

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Hello stuartpierce and welcome to the Webroot Commumity!
 
I would like to hear from some others here, but my own opinion is no: you should not need to worry about running a deep scan with any greater frequency.
 
While it may have been troubling to find a couple of items in a deep scan, those files have most likely been inactive, not doing anything, and so not a threat.  They may very well be leftovers from something that was already removed or blocked.  If they had become active, and thus a threat, Webroot would have caught them when they were attempting to do thier dirty work.
 
My own computer is set for a daily deep scan as well, and yes, once in a great while it finds something: usually something buried in temporary internet files or some other place where the file is not actually doing anything, just sitting there.
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A full scan isnt needed, scanning your entire drive is a waste of system resources and time. The full scan picked up an infection sitting in a location that isnt part of the normal deep scan. However if the infection had run Webroot would have picked up the infection. 
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Thanks Roy!
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Thanks, everyone.

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