What's in my OS that's taking so long to scan?

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cloudropis

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My current PC is one month old and the antivirus scan with Avira used to take around 10 minutes. It hovered around this time until recently, then it's suddenly taking almost a hour. I thought this was because of the time it takes to scan personal data like hundreds of gigs of games and music, but the 99% of the time it was scanning... pic related.
Basically a lot of files, each one named like in the pic, each individual one taking a long time (the counter would be at, let's say, 367888 files scanned, stay like that for four seconds and then go to 367889, rinse and repeat for fifty minutes) when it's usually thousand of files every second.
I'm sure my PC is safe with no viruses whatsoever, I'm just curios: what exactly ARE those files to require such a slow scan? I guess some vital OS files, but how come I have so many of them when I didn't just a few days ago (keep in mind I didn't download anything other than regular Windows Updates)? Is there any way I can clean or remove them up to quicken the process?
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z97-HD3
    Memory
    8,00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    (1) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (2) Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    (1) Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB (2) WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0
    PSU
    Seasonic S12II-620Bronze
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212EVO
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avira + Malwarebytes
Not a computer guru but I see that you are using a "Free Virus program". Now windows updates contain some very big files and Your virus program will take longer to scan. So a free virus program is not going to give the same performance as those that you buy. Do you know that "Comcast" customers get "Norton Suite" (a security and virus program) for free whereas others have to pay for it? Its not automatic. You need to download it from the Comcast site. It has backup & restore program built in as well as other features.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3847
    Memory
    4.0 G Ram
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intell (R) HD Graphics
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Browser
    Internet Explorer
    Antivirus
    Norton
With names like that they are quite likely cache files. Try using something like CCleaner before scanning.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion 500-223
    Memory
    8 gig
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAmsung SyncMaster 2033
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Mouse
    Logitech G500S
    Browser
    Firefox
Running CCleaner before a scan can darmatically reduce the time the scan takes. It eliminates the need for the scanner to scan a bunch of junk and temp files.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.3-3.7 Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z77-G41
    Memory
    16 GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GT 730
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 20 Inch Dell
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB
    Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB
    PSU
    Thermaltake 550W
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred Two
    Cooling
    Arctic Freezer i30 CO
    Keyboard
    Logitech K330
    Mouse
    Logitech M215
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps
    Browser
    Comodo Chromodo
    Antivirus
    Comodo Internet Security Premium
Not to offend anyone but the time it takes depends on the amount of files scanned.
& the depth of the scan.

Avast as example-

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I have Avast set to scan everything.
To the deepest level.

It takes a while.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
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