Ok, I have a stupid question

Last time I looked, my computer needs power to run.

[OntheEdge]

Please will someone explain to me how an antivirus program can scan a computer when it is totally shut down and the power is turned off?

Did I miss something?
My friend has an antivirus (freebie) and I was looking through it's logs, showing it had been scanning every morning at 1 am. However she shuts her computer down before then sometimes (full power off).

Can someone please explain this to me. (Now be nice, i trust you guys not to pick on me)

[Duckula]

Her clock is wrongly set and 1:00am is really in the middle of the day?

Or simply the AV is crazy, tells a time and it actually runs when it wants to :)

[OntheEdge]

Oh man, thank you.
I thought I was going crazy...starting to doubt the simplest of computer principles!
What drives me crazy about this, is that she is not the only one I've met who thinks her computer scans itself for viruses when it's turned off!
If it could do that, is it also possible that, being unknown software, it could also be not doing it at all, and simply makes a fake log entry?

[Duckula]

it could also be not doing it at all

If you can't read the source you don't know - as simple as that. Reminds me of the "double your RAM" programs scam.

[OntheEdge]

This is the kind of stuff that floors me, so many people blindly believe they have virus protection, yet most I've seen are either disabled or the user didn't realize that their "updates" were a vital part of their efficiency.
No wonder there's so many rip-offs on the web...too many gullible people.

Thank you for your comment Duckula...I owe my sanity to your simple affirmation! :)