A full scan on $HOME needs now 98 mins with version 0.105:

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 8616359
Engine version: 0.105.0
Scanned directories: 6240
Scanned files: 98280
Infected files: 3
Total errors: 8
Data scanned: 22403.29 MB
Data read: 12333.45 MB (ratio 1.82:1)
Time: 5897.640 sec (98 m 17 s)
Start Date: 2022:05:14 10:17:19
End Date:   2022:05:14 11:55:36

After downgrade to 0.104 and perform a scan on the same folder a few minutes later, its completed in 26 mins;

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 8616428
Engine version: 0.104.2
Scanned directories: 6240
Scanned files: 97797
Infected files: 3
Data scanned: 17019.32 MB
Data read: 12226.76 MB (ratio 1.39:1)
Time: 1569.143 sec (26 m 9 s)
Start Date: 2022:05:14 09:42:41
End Date:   2022:05:14 10:08:50

That is about four times faster, and the normal duration experienced in the past. The amount of files between the runs is almost the same, but the "Data scanned" (whatever that means) is remarkable different.

I also get now a "Can't parse data ERROR" on different PNG and PDF files while scanning with version 0.105, the same files can be processed with version 0.104. -> will be handled in separate report #593

Every suggestion is appreciated to get back the old speed, known until version 0.104.