An error in log viewer

[ash]

was just  goin thru the log files
got this error
tell me more abt it

25.12.2003 23:48:03   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1256   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000020.  
25.12.2003 23:15:27   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1268   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000020.  
27.12.2003 16:22:20   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1608   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.  
27.12.2003 16:22:17   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1608   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.  
25.12.2003 22:49:59   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1268   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.  
25.12.2003 22:49:57   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM   1268   AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.  

[techie101]

ash,

Could you tell me under which category these entries were listed?
I do not have anything close in any of the systems in which I have Avast.

Do you have Boota CD installed?  It is the only program I know by that name (It is a system backup utility).
If so, then Avast is not scanning it.  We can work on that if this is the case.

techie

[Vlk]

Actually *BOOTA stands for 'boot sector of floppy A:', so these messages mean that on the Christmas Day, avast's on-access scanner (the Standard Shield) was not able to scan a boot sector of a disk in the A: drive.

This could mean a lot a things, but such message would be logged e.g. if the floppy was unreadable (wasn't formated etc.). I'll try to check the exact error codes for you...

In any case, I wouldn't really worry about this.


Hope this helps,
Vlk

[ash]

thanx techie & vlk
ur right Vlk !
i did flash the bios on christmas day
i had a corrupt floppy which was unreadable.
thanx a lot