An error in log viewer

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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was just goin thru the log files
got this error
tell me more abt it

25.12.2003 23:48:03 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1256 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000020.
25.12.2003 23:15:27 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1268 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000020.
27.12.2003 16:22:20 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1608 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.
27.12.2003 16:22:17 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1608 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.
25.12.2003 22:49:59 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1268 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.
25.12.2003 22:49:57 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 1268 AAVM - scanning error: x_AavmCheckBootDirectEx: avscanScanReal of *BOOTA failed, 00000005.

2

ash,

Could you tell me under which category these entries were listed?
I do not have anything close in any of the systems in which I have Avast.

Do you have Boota CD installed??? It is the only program I know by that name (It is a system backup utility).
If so, then Avast is not scanning it. We can work on that if this is the case.

techie

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Actually *BOOTA stands for ‘boot sector of floppy A:’, so these messages mean that on the Christmas Day, avast’s on-access scanner (the Standard Shield) was not able to scan a boot sector of a disk in the A: drive.

This could mean a lot a things, but such message would be logged e.g. if the floppy was unreadable (wasn’t formated etc.). I’ll try to check the exact error codes for you…

In any case, I wouldn’t really worry about this. :wink:

Hope this helps,
Vlk

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thanx techie & vlk
ur right Vlk !
i did flash the bios on christmas day
i had a corrupt floppy which was unreadable.
thanx a lot