Files couldn't be scanned, sliding malfunction

[ehmen]

If Avast reports at the end of a scan that "some files could not be scanned", will it also notify the user if it detected other malicious files as well (in addition to those it can't access), or will it get "distracted" as it ware, and only report those files that come up as: "Error: Archive is password protected" ?

[DavidR]

I just scanned "C:\Program Files\Clearwire\Connection Manager\CWMultiModePlus.skx" (that Avast couldn't scan) with MBAM and SAS and they both claim in their reports they scanned it.

Do they actually say that these were scanned or don't list them as having not been scanned. Many AVs don't list files that weren't scanned and why, avast however list files that couldn't be scanned and why.

If Avast reports at the end of a scan that "some files could not be scanned", will it also notify the user if it detected other malicious files as well (in addition to those it can't access), or will it get "distracted" as it ware, and only report those files that come up as: "Error: Archive is password protected" ?

The scan report lists everything, infected files found and files that couldn't be scanned.