I had AVG uninstalled for a couple of years, then recently got around
to installing it once more....
I run un-demand mode only, not resident.
In fact, I load the reg keys it needs just before run, and then delete
them when finished, a sequence from bat file. Part of the bat also moves
those .dat files from the partition root at end. I'm wondering whether
any difference to have them simply deleted (instead of moved around before
and after run, as I have it presently config'd).
What I am wondering about is what use AVG makes of those avg*.dat files
that it creates in the root of each scanned partition. I can easily
believe that they would be needed if running resident mode. But otherwise?
I tested only one thing. I ran it without making its previous AVG6DB_F.dat
files available, and looked under its menu that lists previous test results,
the dialog showing files it had historically flagged as suspicious. That
info was still available.
The remaining possible use I can think of concerns whether these files have
data from previous scans (ie in the vein of file checksums) which could make
subsequent on-demand scans any faster. I note that, for instance, the file
it made after scanning one of my larger partitions, it is around 6mb, which
suggests it is holding a quantity of some kind of file information there.
I am aware I can try to test this last theory, by timing a couple of scans,
one with and one without its previous AVG6DB_F.dat files made available
to it. Yet that would be a somewhat tedious and time-consuming activity.
I was hoping instead the shorter path: that someone here already has the
answer...
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Karen S.
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