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Full System Scan ? Why needed, Strategies?

I administer a fairly new installation of SAV 9 on ~7000 XP computers in over 100 locations, using SEC 4

I have on-going complaints about full system scan causing computers to be unusable, during the scan.

Sophos support admits it's a resource hog.

I tried scheduling it for different times, days etc. but there's always somebody who needs their computer at that time.

Management is questioning why the Full Scan is even needed.

Sophos Support tells me it's necessary because the on-acess methods do not check all file types, and if they were configured to do so there would be performance issues.

How are others handling this challenge? Should I make a case that we must mandate it?

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  • "It seems to have the added benefit that people really don't like getting put in that group as word has spread so people seem to be more careful about what they download and run on their computers."

    The "sin bin" group.  Great idea. :smileyvery-happy:

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  • "It seems to have the added benefit that people really don't like getting put in that group as word has spread so people seem to be more careful about what they download and run on their computers."

    The "sin bin" group.  Great idea. :smileyvery-happy:

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