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Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« on: May 31, 2005, 08:18:43 PM »
Hi,

I frequently get errors mailed to me bij Avast Server Edition when it tries to scan excell-files attached to e-mails.

MAIL]: AAVM - scanning warning: x_AavmCheckFileDirectEx: Olivia Geerinckx/Inbox/listing Proximus.EML/Listing STIM (Franstalig) dd. 25-04-04.xls (C:\WINNT\TEMP\Vx2572.tmp) returning error, 0000A477.

It gives the same error code everytime.  I found in another post that this is a macro-virus error or something like that.  But it does not say what is causing this error.  Is there a special requirement to scan .xls-files?

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Herman

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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2005, 09:42:58 PM »
This error is usually caused by a corrupted XLS/DOC file. Is it possible to open this file in Excel?

These are more like warnings (not errors) - just telling you that the scan of the file couldn't be completed (typically because the structure of the file is not sound).

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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2005, 09:46:17 PM »
The files open with excell 2003 (dutch) without any problem.

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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2005, 09:49:14 PM »
Do they contain any confidential info? I mean, can you send them for inspection?
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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2005, 09:50:49 PM »
Since I am not the owner of the files, I'll ask.

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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2005, 10:07:58 PM »
Thanks. Hopefully Olivia will agree :)
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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2005, 09:47:38 AM »
My sincere apologies.  I just learned that she first got an e-mail with an unreadable xls-file, and later on with a correct one.  So Avast was correct in producing an error on the first file.  It would however be a good suggestion to the programmers to 'explain' the error in a message instead of just giving an undocumented error code.  Or is there a list with errors and their explanation somewhere?

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Re: Scan of .xls-attachments fails?
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2005, 10:04:48 AM »
Basic list is here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=5719

The codes in decimal format though - unlike in the log you quoted, that has the value in hexadecimal format.
Windows Calculator can convert between decimal and hexadecimal, for example.

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