I just did a complete thorough scan for the first time using Avast! and it found a few things I don’t understand. I have attached a screenshot of the scan results also.
D:\PRELOAD\BASE_08.INP\read0600win_ENUhpcq0700.pdf
and under result it says “Unable to scan:CAB Archive is corrupted.” I have another one that says the same thing at the bottom of the list.
2)Alot of them say “Unable to scan: Archive is password protected”.
I do not know about the 1st 2 items, but the following is in
our "FAQ"s ; would encourage you to read them :
"Q: When the file scanning is finished, avast! comes up with a number of files listed as “unable to scan”, even though I have used a thorough scan. Should I be concerned?
A: Some files are permanently locked by the system or they are in password-protected archives. These files cannot be scanned. It is normal and you don´t have to be worried about that. "
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. You may need to expand the column headings to see all the text.
Files that can’t be scanned are just that, not an indication they are suspicious/infected, just unable to be scanned.
I won’t worry that much. Some packed files can’t be opened by the scanner but this does not mean the problem is on the file, or that it is infected. When you use a full unpacker application (winzip, winrar, etc.) or the system opens this file, it will be scanned by avast resident.
Anyway, if it is not that big, you can send it by email to virus (at) avast.com and paste a link to this thread
Some of your protected files are in AdAware’s skins folder, which it also protects, though for the life of me I can’t understand why (if you can download them freely). If there are some skins that you don’t use you could remove them.
I just use the default skin (looks fine) and no others so my list is much smaller.
Hi CherryBlossom :