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Why do I have to run the full scan over and over to find all the viruses on my machine?

  • 1.  Why do I have to run the full scan over and over to find all the viruses on my machine?

    Posted Jan 19, 2010 09:17 AM
    I am running Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.4 on Windows XP service pack 3. For some reason, yet to be determined, I found that my symantec protection was turned off. Once I got it turned back on I ran a full scan and it found 15 viruses which were deleted. I immediately started the scan again and this time it found 7 different viruses which it also deleted. I have started another scan and am wating on the results. My question is this: If the Symanted Endpoint Protection is really protecting my machine and i am not getting new viruses constantly, why can't the scan find all the viruses at once so that i don't have to run the scan over and over and over?


  • 2.  RE: Why do I have to run the full scan over and over to find all the viruses on my machine?

    Posted Jan 19, 2010 01:22 PM
    it might be possible that the virus are getting in from your network
    can you run in safe mode and run a full scan ( without connected to the network)