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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: julieinwv on December 15, 2013, 07:11:03 PM
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What should you do when you get this: some files could not be scanned
Thanks for any help!
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There has been many posts on this very question.
These files are simply that: Files that can't be scanned. Nothing to worry about
You can use the "Search" function to get much information on your question. :)
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Ok, thank you very much.
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Yes no worry nothing is wrong. Wow schmidthouse nice to see you have so many weeks of virus free, go go up to 1k ;)
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Yes no worry nothing is wrong. Wow schmidthouse nice to see you have so many weeks of virus free, go go up to 1k ;)
As most of us here know, it's a war, an everyday battle using common sense, constant updates and Intelligent/knowledgeable surfing. And a good Antivirus!
Much was learned here. ;)
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Ok, thank you very much.
You're welcome. :)
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The reason I was concerned was I think it started doing that after I just got rid of malware/virus that I got from cnet/download.com. I used to really trust them for downloads.
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For downloads try either...
http://www.filehippo.com/
http://www.softpedia.com/
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Thank you. I will. I have used download.com for as long as I can remember so I was wondering what a better site would be. I appreciate it.
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Thank you. I will. I have used download.com for as long as I can remember so I was wondering what a better site would be. I appreciate it.
What did you download from download.com and what was the "malware" you received ???
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The reason I was concerned was I think it started doing that after I just got rid of malware/virus that I got from cnet/download.com. I used to really trust them for downloads.
Well that's some added information. ???
Yes, do provide the further information
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Last night I was downloading Revo Uninstaller when it happened. Avast went off when it was installing. There were over 20 things that Malwarebytes found - Conduit, Great Arcade, Open Candy were three I remember. I also ran Adwcleaner. I'd ran Malwarebytes earlier in the day yesterday and it was clean then. It's not the first time this has happened downloading something from Download.com but I thought it was a fluke. Apparently not upon Googling it afterwards last night. I'm not completely sure that Avast showed 'some files could not be scanned' prior to this. I might have just not noticed until I had problems.
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Last night I was downloading Revo Uninstaller when it happened. Avast went off when it was installing. There were over 20 things that Malwarebytes found - Conduit, Great Arcade, Open Candy were three I remember. I also ran Adwcleaner. I'd ran Malwarebytes earlier in the day yesterday and it was clean then. It's not the first time this has happened downloading something from Download.com but I thought it was a fluke. Apparently not upon Googling it afterwards last night. I'm not completely sure that Avast showed 'some files could not be scanned' prior to this. I might have just not noticed until I had problems.
(http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1387150627744-80716.png)
You also need to get into the habit to always use custom install.
If you use the default installation, you never know what surprises await you after the installation of any program.
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Wow - I had never even noticed that link before while d/l'ing things! Thanks a lot!!
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And I will remember to use 'custom install' too. Thanks! Will it be pretty much self-explanatory when I do that?
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And I will remember to use 'custom install' too. Thanks! Will it be pretty much self-explanatory when I do that?
Most of the time, it's simply reading and un-checking the items they want to push onto your computer.
Some can be confusing so you need to read carefully.
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Ok, thanks!