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Hi, Carolyn. I run the Anti-Virus software of Kasperskey. It scans about 220,000 Objects but takes about 3hrs.30mins. to do it. Is that a reasonable length of time for this scan?
That is certainly reasonable, depending upon the size and nature of those files. If you want to be absolutely certain, you can try uninstalling Kapersky (just temporarily) and install and run a complete scan with one of these free antiviruses: Avast! antivirus, from http://www.avast.com or AVG, free from http://free.grisoft.com or F-Secure Internet Security, which offers a free trial version at http://www.f-secure.com/home_user/support_and_downloads/evaluations/ .
Note that you can't run two antivirus programs at the same time because they will fight each other.
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Carolyn Meinel
Expertise
I cover Windows, Linux, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, smart phones, or other networking issues.
Experience
Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker)
My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).
Organizations
IEEE, AAAS
Publications
See a list with some online links at http://cmeinel.com
Education/Credentials
MS, Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona
Took a course in computer forensics at the University of Texas at Austin/
Past/Present Clients
DARPA, SAIC, Palmer Labs
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