ashWebSv.exe" /service & ashMaiSv.exe" /service - files missing?

Just ran a HJT scan just for kicks on my XP SP2 laptop, and noticed these two strange entries in the Services section:

O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
I don't think I ever noticed them before... Are they normal, or should I worry? I mean, is it OK that the files are shown as "missing"? Avast seems to be working fine, but even after I did a repair for good measure, the entries persist in the HJT log. ???

I can post the entire HJT log if it’s necessary (although I uploaded it at Eddy’s online analyser, and nothing else was detected as suspicious save these two mysterious entries, and a couple other things I was able to identify as harmless).

Thanks in advance for any enlightenment,
R. :slight_smile:

Leave those there. They are perfectly legitimate services of Avast.
The ‘file missing’ is caused by a bug in HJT.
Merijn already knows that it excist and is already working on a solution.

Are they files missing or what? Check your harddrive with favorite tool of yours and you can verify for sure if they are missing or doing other things…

Thanks so much for the response. :slight_smile:

Eddy - Thank you for clarifying this. Of course I left the entries alone - by saying “repair” I meant repair of Avast through Add/Remove. It was evident the entries were legitimate, but that “file missing” report had me worried that Avast might have been damaged or something. It’s a relief to know everything is OK. 8)

lukor - I did check the system with everything available, and all scans were squeaky clean. I admit (to my shame :P) that I wasn’t aware about this bug in HJT. :-[ I also have BitDefender Free installed on the laptop as an “on demand” scanner, and its entries are also appearing as “missing files”, so I suppose it’s because of the same bug.

Thank you both again. :slight_smile:
R.