Hi Engel,
The full scan worked in safe mode.
I was not able to run chkdsk I went into cmd screen and tried running
chkdsk. It said access was denied.
I ran full scan in normal mode. It stopped at the 21 minute mark. It has
scanned 1229683 objects and the object it was stuck on was
C:\SwSetup\WLASST\Disk1\Setup.exe.
By the way, I have quick scan scheduled daily and defrag scheduled weekly.
I appreciate your point on quick scan being sufficient. It's intriguing
that full scan stops part way through (around the same spot).
Nick
"Engel" wrote:
> Hello Nick,
>
> So does the same thing happen when you reboot into Safe Mode to then run a
> Full scan ?
> How to start Windows in Safe Mode
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...utorial61.html
>
>
> Have you run a check disk (CHKDSK /F /R) on your hard drive recently. Run a
> defrag etc.
>
> FYI
> The quick scan is very useful. It looks at all of the actively running
> processes on the machine, as well as files that are pointed to by the
> various registry entries and other locations used by spyware to start
> automatically or otherwise interfere with your system.
>
> If you have a particular piece of spyware or other unwanted software that is
> detected by Windows Defender, the vast majority of the time it should be
> detected by the quick scan.
>
> The full scan, in addition to performing all of the checks in a quick scan,
> also examines every single file on your system. This is a quite
> time-consuming operation if you have a lot of files.
>
> I would always start with a quick scan - if it gives you a clean bill of
> health, you can be pretty confident in the results. If the quick scan finds
> anything, you probably should follow it up with a full scan to find any
> additional junk that the malicious software dropped on your machine that may
> have been missed by the quick scan. It's also a good idea to schedule the
> full scan to happen periodically (every night, for instance) at a time when
> you are not typically using your computer and the added time to scan all of
> the files won't be noticed.
>
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> "Nick" wrote:
>
> > I have a relatively new laptop with Vista on it. Twice I've tried to run the
> > full scan on Windows Defender and both times it gets stuck after about 20
> > mins. I did not keep any info on the first time but on the second time, it
> > got stuck after 21 mins for about 30 mins. It has scanned 1229727 objects
> > and the object it was stuck on was
> > C:\SwSetup\WLASST\Disk1\WAAISetup.log->(UTF-16LE). I could not stop the scan
> > so I had to exit using task manager. The Definition version is 1.20.2825.10.
> >
> > I have quick scan scheduled every day and it appears to be working.
> >
> > Any help would be welcomed.