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Results of an Avast! scan ???
« on: November 03, 2005, 05:40:24 PM »
I am using the free Home Edition of Avast! on a W(* pc.

I recently completed a scan with these results:

Summary screen:
Scanned files/folders  865110/6274
Run Time 1:59:00
Infected files: 0
Total size scanned files: 9.0GB

Results of last scan screen:
Showed two files

C:\WIINDOWS\..\UWFX5_0001-N1530211 Nationanalletter.exe    Unable to scan C..
C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY Internet File\ ..\[UPX]                            Unable to scan U..


Can someone please tell me what these two files are and what is the meaing of "Unable to scan C.." and "Unable to scan U.."?

Should I be doing <anything more> to my pc?

Thanks.

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Re: Results of an Avast! scan ???
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2005, 05:51:06 PM »
Hello wdc202 :)

I don't know what these files are, but I can tell you that there is nothing wrong with the scan results ;)
And also, this question has been asked and answered a lot of times, so you can do a forum search about that ;)
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Re: Results of an Avast! scan ???
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2005, 06:03:00 PM »
When you next run the scan and see the list you can extend the column headings so you can see all of the text. Move the cursor to the join between two columns and you will see the pointer change to something like this <-|->, hold the left mouse button and drag it to the right or double click and it will expand the column to show all the text.

Many programs (usually security based ones) password protect their files for legitimate reasons such as AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy, there are others (and avast doesn't know the password or have any way of using it even if it did know it).

When you run scans with the above programs and you delete harmful entries that they detect, a copy is kept (in quarantine/restore/backup) in case you need to reverse what you did. These are usually password protected, you should do some housekeeping and delete old backup/recovery/quarantine entries (older than two weeks or so), this will reduce the numbers of files that can't be scanned.

By examining 1) the reason given by avast! for not being able to scan the files, 2) the location of the files, you can get an idea of what program they relate to.

Files that can't be scanned are just that, not an indication they are suspicious/infected, just unable to be scanned.
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