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scan just stops when it gets to a particular folder
« on: July 26, 2004, 07:09:22 AM »
I just installed Avast, and so far I'm impressed. I did, however, notice that a full scan keeps getting hung up on a folder that has some really big AVI video files. Avast says the scan is still running, but the number of files scanned stays the same. Any idea what's happening?
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Re:scan just stops when it gets to a particular folder
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2004, 07:28:58 AM »
I dont think you have to worry about AVI files getting infected. The Simple way to fix this is to add that folder to the exclude list.
« Last Edit: July 26, 2004, 07:29:21 AM by MacLover2000 »
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Re:scan just stops when it gets to a particular folder
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2004, 12:17:54 PM »
Large files can take a long time to scan, nothing abnormal about that. It can also be there is a little problem with the file/folder.

1) Run defrag
2) Run checkdsk
3) Then scan

Or as exclude those files from scanning. .avi theirselfs can't do much harm. It is howevre possible to let a .avi file open a website automaticly.......
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