Some time last year when I ran a full-system scan on Microsoft Security Essentials, the total number of files scanned was 375,752. I recorded this number, because I was curious about how many files MSE scans.
I don't usually pay much attention to this number, but yesterday when I completed a full-system scan the total came out as 344,937.
Since I haven't really deleted much I was curious about why the number had dropped like this. I figured that MSE must be skipping some files like NIS 2012 does after repeated scans, but when I restart the computer and run the full-system scan again, the total comes out different each time. I've even tried turning-off and then turning-on real-time protection to see if it would make a difference, but the numbers continue to fluctuate each time.
So far I've had the following results:
326,542
344,442
276,683
344,654
I'm probably worrying over nothing, but is this normal and what is the cause of this?
Thanks in advanced,
- Unlucky Pete
I don't usually pay much attention to this number, but yesterday when I completed a full-system scan the total came out as 344,937.
Since I haven't really deleted much I was curious about why the number had dropped like this. I figured that MSE must be skipping some files like NIS 2012 does after repeated scans, but when I restart the computer and run the full-system scan again, the total comes out different each time. I've even tried turning-off and then turning-on real-time protection to see if it would make a difference, but the numbers continue to fluctuate each time.
So far I've had the following results:
326,542
344,442
276,683
344,654
I'm probably worrying over nothing, but is this normal and what is the cause of this?
Thanks in advanced,
- Unlucky Pete