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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: wdc202 on February 09, 2009, 01:54:46 AM

Title: Action following a scan?
Post by: wdc202 on February 09, 2009, 01:54:46 AM

Using Avast Home Edition on my W98 pc, I found 0 infected files and some 71 files (all of the form C:\adaware\*.bmp) that "could not be read." What action should I take with regard these 71? Delete them? Send them to the Chest? Do nothing?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Action following a scan?
Post by: DavidR on February 09, 2009, 02:36:56 AM

None.

They can't be read because I presume the reason given by avast is they are password protected ?

See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=35347.msg297170#msg297170 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=35347.msg297170#msg297170) this topic for more information on why files can't be scanned.
Files that can't be scanned are just that, not an indication they are suspicious/infected, just unable to be scanned.