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Old May 10, 2009, 07:06 PM
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Scanning while computer is turned off
I was told my antivirus would scan even if my computer is turned off. This doesn't make sense to me...Is this true? Will my computer scan when the computer is off?

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Will my antivirus scan even if my computer is turned off?
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simple answer, NO.

As Anti-virus is a program that runs on your machine, if it's off it wont work.
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it would not work if your computer is off


but who told u this
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Yes it will scan when you turn it on again. keep it on auto scan.
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Is a lightbulb on when it is off?

You can scan your hard drive in another computer such that your operating system is not running
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