{"id":478166,"date":"2022-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:00:00","slug":"why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why You Don\u2019t Need to Run Manual Antivirus Scans (And When You Do)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a406f0f365f2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a406f0f365f2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_You_Dont_Need_to_Run_Manual_Antivirus_Scans_And_When_You_Do%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why You Don\u2019t Need to Run Manual Antivirus Scans (And When You Do)&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/#Why_Manual_Antivirus_Scans_Are_Unnecessary\" >Why Manual Antivirus Scans Are Unnecessary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/#When_You_Should_Run_Manual_Scans\" >When You Should Run Manual Scans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-you-dont-need-to-run-manual-antivirus-scans-and-when-you-do\/#Why_Background_Protection_is_Better_Than_Manual_Scans\" >Why Background Protection is Better Than Manual Scans<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_You_Dont_Need_to_Run_Manual_Antivirus_Scans_And_When_You_Do%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why You Don\u2019t Need to Run Manual Antivirus Scans (And When You Do)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-819396 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Shutterstock_1841553748.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Virus Scanning Header\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/web-page-on-screen-antivirus-scanning-1841553748\" data-credittext=\"naum\/Shutterstock.com\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/web-page-on-screen-antivirus-scanning-1841553748\">naum\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you regularly open your antivirus program and run scans? Some antivirus programs think you need to, warning you that your computer may be at risk if you haven\u2019t done so in a while.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, these manual scans aren\u2019t all they\u2019re cracked up to be. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly ignore your antivirus and it will do its job in the background without any help from you, only alerting you when it finds a problem.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Manual_Antivirus_Scans_Are_Unnecessary\"><\/span>Why Manual Antivirus Scans Are Unnecessary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your antivirus is always running in the background. It\u2019s monitoring the processes running on your system, ensuring that no malicious processes are running. Whenever you <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> a new file or open a program, your antivirus quickly steps in, examining the file and comparing it to viruses before allowing it to run. If you download a virus, your antivirus will notice without you needing to scan anything. For example, try downloading the EICAR test file \u2014 your antivirus will leap into action and deal with the file without any manual scans needed.<\/p>\n<p>This feature is generally known as background scanning, real-time protection, resident protection, on-demand scanning, or something like that<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you don\u2019t need to run manual scans because your antivirus has already checked every file for malware as it arrived. It\u2019s also aware of all the software running on your system. Your antivirus program doesn\u2019t need you to click a button \u2014 it\u2019s already doing the work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819414\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wsecurity-main.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The main Windows Security window. \" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_You_Should_Run_Manual_Scans\"><\/span>When You Should Run Manual Scans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Manual scans are still useful in some cases, but you don\u2019t need to regularly open your antivirus program and initiate them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When You Install an Antivirus:<\/strong> When you first install an antivirus, it will perform a full-system scan im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely. This allows the antivirus to ensure your computer is in a clean state and that you don\u2019t have viruses lurking in unopened files on your hard drive. After performing this scan, your antivirus can trust that your system is secure. However, it will still scan files for malware when you open them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check For Dormant Malware it Missed Earlier<\/strong>: Antiviruses use \u201cdefinition files,\u201d which are updated regularly. These files basically contain a catalogue of identified malware, and your antivirus compares programs you run to the catalogue to check whether they match. It\u2019s possible that there\u2019s a dormant virus lurking in an executable file deep on your hard drive that your antivirus missed during its first manual scan. If a virus definition has been added for that type a malware \u2014 or the antivirus\u2019 heuristics have improved \u2014 it will only catch the dormant virus when you perform a manual scan. However, the virus will be caught if you try to run the file containing the virus or during a regularly scheduled full-system scan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get a Second Opinion<\/strong>: You should only have one antivirus program running at once, as multiple background-scanning antivirus programs can interfere with each other and cause problems with your computer. If you want to scan your computer with multiple antivirus programs, you\u2019ll need to perform a manual scan with the second antivirus program instead of using its background-scanning feature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819405\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/manual-scan.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Windows Security running a manual quickscan. \" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Background_Protection_is_Better_Than_Manual_Scans\"><\/span>Why Background Protection is Better Than Manual Scans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can optionally disable background scanning in some antivirus programs and just perform manual scans, but you shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Think of your computer as your house, and your antivirus\u2019s background scanning protection as a security guard standing at your front door and frisking everyone who tries to enter your house. A manual scan is the equivalent of having the security guard search every inch of your house for intruders.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve already checking everyone who enters your house, you don\u2019t need to search every nook and cranny of your house for malicious people. In fact, it\u2019s much better to guard your door because so you can catch threats before they\u2019re allowed in \u2014 if you catch someone lurking in a dark corner of your house or PC, who knows what they\u2019ve been doing in the time between when they were allowed in and when you caught them. Once the software is running on your computer, it also has the potential to hide itself and prevent the antivirus program \u2014 and even the Windows Task Manager \u2014 from seeing that it\u2019s running. Software that does this is generally known as a rootkit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Not All &#8220;Viruses&#8221; Are Viruses: 10 Malware Terms Explained<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You want to catch the malware before the virus starts running on (and infects) your computer, so stick with automatic background scanning instead of manual scans. Even if you scan every program you download manually before running it, you should use automatic scans to get maximum protection against zero-day attacks and other security threats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819404\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/real-time-protection-windows-security.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Windows Security has real time protection enabled by default.\" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some security suites may remove cookies when you perform a manual scan, referring to them as \u201cthreats.\u201d This is a great way for the security suite to pretend it\u2019s doing something valuable and justify its price tag. But you don\u2019t need a full security suite, anyway \u2014 and you can always have your browser automatically clear cookies if you want to get rid of them.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a lot of this depends on what antivirus software you use. Some antivirus software allows you extremely granular control over how your antivirus software functions. 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