Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for xxxKB object heap

If you are experiencing this error when running a scan, the issue may be with your Java version. 32bit Java versions have a lower limit to their heap size. This limit can be as low as 1.6GB on Windows operating systems.

If you are running a 64bit operating system you will need to upgrade to a 64bit version of Java.

You can check whether your Java version is 32 or 64bit by using the command: java -d64 -version in your command prompt or terminal. If you have a 32bit version of Java installed you will get the message:

Error: This Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM.
Please install the desired version.

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