Avast and corrupt files

[Para-Noid]

See DavidR's post reply #11. It's an incomplete download. avast is unable to scan incomplete downloads.
The file is corrupt and "not necessarily" infected.  Try to re-download the file. 

[sjadventures]

Will do . Thanks again everyone for the help.

[SHARKY7SHARKY]

You can try running chkdsk by right clicking C drive properties Tools check now, the first box if checked will check for bad sectors on reboot.
The second box will do a longer check but can take an hour or more.
Also it will not hurt to check system files by pasting this in command prompt or run---    sfc /scannow

[ady4um]

Do you have something with a name similar to "vcredist_x86" in your "Downloads" folder? From Avast's point of view, there is nothing to do. From *your* point of view, you might want to check what that file/archive in that "Downloads" folder is doing there. Do you need it? Do you want it? Could you download it again (since an incomplete/incorrect download might be the source of this corrupted file/archive).

[DavidR]

There isn't a whole lot a user can do, other than to ignore files reported as being unable to scan as the archive is corrupt in the scan results.

They are in your Downloads folder, so presumably you downloaded them some time ago ?

Check how old the file/s is/are, creation date, the older they are the less important and if they are corrupt e.g. the download didn't complete (the .part bit at the end of the vcredist_x86.exe.part file name, then you couldn't install that vcredist_x86.exe update, making it worthless.

You won't be able to find anything after the vcredist_x86.exe.part| as these files >vc_red.cab|>mfc90u.dll.30729.01microsoft_vc90_MFC_x86.SP are inside the vcredist_x86.exe.part file.

[DonZ63]

That file looks like it's related to Visual C++ probably 2008 installation.

You can always try crap cleaner aka CCleaner. It's pretty good at removing stuff like this.

[DavidR]

You wouldn't need anything more than a simple delete of the vcredist_x86.exe.part file, if he decision is to delete it. If it was corrupt then it wouldn't have installed anything, so probably no remnants to remove. Plus if there are no reported problems I go with the old adage if it isn't broken don't fix it.

Even if it weren't corrupt you wouldn't want to go trying to remove any installation as there is no indication that it is infected, just that that file can't be scanned.

[sjadventures]

I tracked them down and found them all in the re cycler folder in my C:drive. I opened the folder and everything in it was several failed and partial downloads. I deleted everything in the folder and ran a boot scan and no more corrupt files. Once I was informed that the part in the file name meant it was a partial download it was fairly easy to find following the location Avast gave me during the boot scan. thank you all again for all the effort and help. I truly appreciate it.

[DavidR]

You're welcome.

[DonZ63]

I would question why Avast is scanning for corrupted files in the Recycle Bin. I am in the camp of minimizing confusion for the average PC user.

[DavidR]

As I said "it isn't scanning for corrupt files" all that it is doing is telling you which files couldn't be scanned and why they couldn't be scanned. If that happens to be because the archive is corrupt, that is the reason given, period, it isn't scanning/looking for corrupt files.

[sjadventures]

That is what I understand now that Avast does not scan for corrupt files it was just telling me it encountered corrupt files that it couldnot scan and at what location it encountered them.

[Lisandro]

That is what I understand now that Avast does not scan for corrupt files it was just telling me it encountered corrupt files that it couldnot scan and at what location it encountered them.

Correct.