Last night I watched a great BBC documentary on Bill Gates (the doco was viewable on the BBC iPlayer, but not any more. All I can find now is a BBC website story). I like Bill, and seeing his story  made me momentarily forget my dislike for Microsoft Windows. This memory loss didn’t last long though. Enter Windows Defender.

Seriously – how long does it take to scan a 120GB hard drive…?    6hrs 13mins..?
Am I being unreasonable thinking that it shouldn’t take THAT long..?

I’m not joking – it’s been scanning for 6hrs 13mins, and it’s not finished yet..!

Does anyone know why it takes so long..? Is it THAT thorough or THAT good..?  Should I even bother using it..?

It just seems absurd that it should take that long. Lucky it’s July and I have the Tour de France to entertain me. Who knows how long this thing will take to finish. I’m sure Windows Defender is out of date before it finishes a scan.

Knowing Microsoft, Defender will auto-update upon scan finish, then auto re-run because new updates were detected.

Now, where exactly is the new Sydney Apple store …..