How Often Do You Run Virus Scans On Your Computer

[jackie]

i try to one a week, but sometimes forget.

[Whisk_Luva]

Mine automatically runs once a week

[kittycats_delight]

always running in background and automatically once a week.

[RedHedd]

Virus scan runs automatically once a week. I also run Ad-Aware and/or SpyBot at least once a week, sometimes more often if I feel I've been hit - believe me you can feel it when a website is installing trackers - lots of disk action when you're not doing anything. Also if I've wandered onto some sketchy websites (I'm not talking porn, but some off-the-beaten track shopping sites can be strange) I always clean afterwards - no telling what those strange sites put on your computer.

Once a month I defrag and/or run disk cleanup..

[Craftlady]

Run virus scan 1x a week (automatically does it on Mondays)
Adware/Spyware = I do 1x a week
Defrag/Scan disk = I do 1x a week