SAS and Malwarebytes Scanning

jgallcash

Does it matter if I only use quick scans for Super Anti Spyware, and Malwarebytes?

There is a huge difference in time. Is there a big difference in finding spy/malware?

Reluctant_spender

I run both, at different times, in both ways.

Generally a full scan once a month and a quick scan weekly.

If the quick scan finds stuff I then run a full scan.

Do you think you have a problem?

bugeyed

Try running a full scan and see for yourself. Likelyhood is that if you never ran a full scan and don't have a strong firewall and antivirus, then it'll find stuff. But only one way to find out.
A full scan with malwarebytes is highly recommended - but to save time and resources, only run it on your windows drive - usually your 'C' drive.

jgallcash

Well I usually run full scans weekly to be honest. Having today decided that I didn't have the 1.5 hours to do so I ran quick scans. Malwarebytes found a Malware.Trace file.

I have quarantined it but that's a trojan and malware trace in 2 weeks after not having anything for over a year.

I'm wondering if there's any inherent weakness anywhere.

How often do you find things when running scans? Rarely?, Common?

busenbust

I now tend to recommend that people do a quick scan; on the other hand many people here swear by a full scan. I only ever run a scan if I detect unusual behavior in my machine's performance; a sudden diminished speed of my machine; and potential surreptitious browser re-direction. That's just me; again, many others run the scan par for the course in their scanning routine

HTH.