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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: stibi on September 28, 2016, 06:33:01 PM

Title: swhealthex.log
Post by: stibi on September 28, 2016, 06:33:01 PM

Hello,

what is the use of the file swhealthex.log. I look into it for the first time and find a lot of entries zhat have nothing to do with my computer.
For example:

28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1404>  Product name: Java Runtime Environment 7 (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1404>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1405>  Product name: Java Runtime Environment 8 (64 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1405>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1411>  Product name: Adobe Shockwave
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1411>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1903>  Product name: Mozilla Thunderbird
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1903>  DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1903>  DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <45.3.0>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1903>  DETECTED_LANGID = <de>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1903>  Product is up to date
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1601>  Product name: VLC Media Player (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1601>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1604>  Product name: iTunes (64 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1604>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1605>  Product name: iTunes (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1605>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  Product name: QuickTime
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <7.7.4>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  DETECTED_LANGID = <neutral>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  Product is updateable
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1606>  Applying the policy: WAIT_USER_INPUT
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1614>  Product name: DivX Plus Web Player
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1614>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1615>  Product name: Miranda IM (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1615>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1616>  Product name: Skype
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1616>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  Product name: IrfanView
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\Grafikprogramme\IrfanView\>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <4.3.6.0>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  DETECTED_LANGID = <neutral>
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  Product is updateable
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1617>  Applying the policy: WAIT_USER_INPUT
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1902>  Product name: Foxit Reader
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1902>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1908>  Product name: Nitro Reader
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1908>  Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1107>  Product name: Google Chrome (current user)
28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1107>  Product is not installed

Skype, Notro Reader, iTunes - never downloaded, never used.  :(

Title: Re: swhealthex.log
Post by: Eddy on September 28, 2016, 10:00:00 PM

If you read the log properly, you will see it has everything to do with your system.

e.g.
1] 28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1601>  Product name: VLC Media Player (32 Bit)
2] 28/09/16 18:24:36    INFO: <1601>  Product is not installed

1] Check if the application is installed
2] this is the result of the check

Title: Re: swhealthex.log
Post by: stibi on September 29, 2016, 11:26:20 AM

So Avast can check which software of this list is installed ok.
Is this a useful information for a malware scanner that should check all files?

And this list cannot contain every potential program on any computer - it lists only a (small) fraction of programs.