There is certainly no harm done to your system to have AVG anti virus scan 
your system no matter how many times a day. You may find it quite fatiguing 
waiting for the scan to complete. I know I would.

You need to schedule your scans and uncheck the box that allows scans at 
startup.

I would tell you how to do this but I am using version 8 and the interface 
is different now.

Now how often should you scan your system? You can set your own comfort 
level. My comfort level is once a week. You may determine your comfort level 
by how often the computer is online for the total number of computer users.

also

Make sure you are using a firewall

Make sure you are using an anti spy ware program like spy bot search and 
destroy.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron & the bears" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:09 PM
Subject: [VICUG-L] AVG Disc Scan


: Hi,
:
: I start my computer a few times per day. Each time, AVG 7.5 scans my
: harddrive. Is this bad for my system?
:
: How can I have it scan once a week, or so. What do you recommend?
:
: Thanks,
:
: Ron
:
:
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