text: an antivirus takes lot more time to scan pc in "safe mode" in comparison to "normal mode"?why?? its a common observation that "full system scan" in "safe mode" takes appreciable amount of time in comparison to "normal mode" where it sometimes takes one-third of time!!!ideally it should not happen because of the absence of "background process" in "safe mode"!!what's the reason of slow scan in safe mode?does the process gets halted or what?please do respond with convince!!! thanks regards saurabh dua yes, when you scan in safe mode, there are processes that are not loaded, so they can be cleaned, you should also turn off system restore when you do it, because they are protected system files and the cleaner cannot get the to check when system restore is on.  it scans slowwer because all the drivers are not loaded, it is running in compatible mode