I'll try to improve it more, but i don't know what else can I do (without reducing protection), except to whitelist most known programs and Windows files. Disabling the heuristics will speed up the scan a lot but will obviously reduce the detection rate
Hey Dani, I totally understand!
How much does your quick scan differ than the quick scan of other AMs? Besides heuristics, can there be other factors involved like the method and framework you're using, the coverage of scan locations etc. (you might be able to gather more insights here)
I wouldn't be sure about excluding System files though.
And I also have other Anti-Malware for testing and I found it maybe a bit bellow the average speed of Zemana and Malware-Bytes.
True, I see that many anti-malware take usually more time than normal AVs and that is understandable.
I too think it's more about heuristics. XVirus does quite impressive detection, though, for the same, it takes noticeable time scanning each executable (the custom scans I performed) at mid heuristics and somewhat less in low.
I wouldn't even worry about the scan speed in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, they are competing with the big boys and they are failing horrifically
Yeah! Train's derailing and they're probably having tough time re-engineering and consolidating.
Their heuristic scan at the end of custom scans etc is a headache almost every time.