Avast Error 3 when scanning game folders

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I downloaded a game from Steam the other day and decided to scan my Steam folder just in case, I ran scan folders and checked only the game folders and to my surprise the results included several errors, Error 3 to be exact, each time I scan the folders I kept getting the same error 3 but with different locations and files. I rebooted my PC but still the same…
I know someone else might have already posted about this error here but I don’t understand how I get different results each time I scan the same folders…

Should I be worried?

P.S. I also forgot to mention I reinstalled Avast completely and still get these errors…

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What OS?
Any other security software you have now or ever had?
If uninstalled how was it removed?

Did you use the avast online or offline installer?

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Windows 7.

Just Avast.

Just ran the uninstall…

I downloaded the file from the official site and installed it, don’t know which installer that means.

Just ran another scan on the entire Steam folder and got only 1 error about a decompressed file. When I scan folders inside the main one I always get the error 3 thing, it shows file paths that don’t make any sense…

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On-line installer is about 6MB and you need to be on-line for the stub installer to download the avast components.

The off-line installer is in the region of 276MB (depending on your version of avast) and it can install everything without having to be on-line.

See https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=199715.0 for the direct download locations, choose the off-line installation file for your version.

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https://blog.avast.com/2014/02/28/how-do-i-handle-files-that-avast-cant-scan/

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Just ran a scan on one of the folders and this is what I got from the report file:

D:\SteamLibr\common\Unturned\Bundles\Items\Shirts\Samurai_Top\Samurai_Top.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\steamapps\common\Unturned\Bundles\Objects\Medium\Business\Scaffhold_2\Scaffhold_2.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\common\Unturned\Bundles\Objects\Medium\Traffic\Fire_Hydrant_0\English.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-26_52.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\My Pictures\My Pics\me\DSC00028.JPG\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-28_-48.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-28_49.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-31_-61.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Washington\Foliage\Tile_-4_-13.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\STEAML\Unturned\Maps\Washington\Foliage\Tile_4_4.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibr\common\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_-17_-17.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\common\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_-1_-14.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibr\common\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_-23_15.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)

See how the path is messed up? The game folder is in D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common but I get all these crazy results.

This is not about how Avast can’t scan the file it’s about why the paths are so messed up…

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Are the files there when you look for them ?

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Yes! I scan them several times and each time I get different paths like these that make no sense.

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Here I scanned it right now and got this:

D:\SteamLibraryD\common\Unturned\Bundles\Items\Food\Sandwich_Cheese\Sandwich_Cheese.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\steamapps\common\Unturned\Bundles\Spawns\Vehicles\Washington_Jetski\Washington_Jetski.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\Unturned\Maps\Washington\Foliage\Tile_26_22.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
D:\SteamLibraryD\Unturned\Maps\Washington\Foliage\Tile_27_-4.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)

See the paths are different again, this is the same folder and yet I get different results…

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I’m not asking if you get different paths, but if the files are actually there or not.

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They are in the path I installed them (D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common) while the paths I get from report file don’t exist at all.

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So, the answer is no.
That is why avast gives that message.
The files are simply not there when avast tries to scan them.

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Why do I get these messed up paths then? Doesn’t avast scan the folder I choose, according to these results it scans paths that don’t exist… Also why do I get different ones each time I scan the same folder and why only on some games?

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are these games you need to be online to play?

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All Steam games can only be opened after you go online, so yes. But I don’t get this error on all the Steam games just some.

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So i guess those files are only there when online?
Anyway it is only a scan error message not a detection

You may run CCleaner and clear some crap, maybe the result change

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I tried scanning them when online but I get the same messed up results.
I’m not worried about the error but rather why I get such weird paths, I mean one of them mixed the path of my pictures folder with the Steam one…

Thanks I’ll try that!

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What are your scan settings?

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Just the default ones, haven’t changed anything.

Right now I scanned this folder: “D:\SteamLibraryD\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2” and got this result: D:\My Pictures\My Pics\me\DSC00028.JPG\㔍봕ǒ됈㔍봕ǒ됈㔍봕ǒ\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\resource\overviews\l4d_farm05_cornfield.bmp [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)

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Excuse me for posting in this thread again but I’m still worried about my computer. I deleted the photo that was part of the messed up path and I deleted and reinstalled the game into a different path only to get these results in the report file:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-59_44.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-5_-21.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Users\Helloman\Pictures\Bug Art\tumblr_n4ikbhRa5y1qbcsofo1_1280.png@\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Bundles\Objects\Small\Business\Wheel_5\Wheel_5.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Washington\Foliage\Tile_16_7.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_-5_-30.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_1_37.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_9_-50.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_-50_-53.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\common\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_14_25.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\common\Unturned\Maps\Yukon\Foliage\Tile_15_-26.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Users\Helloman\Pictures\Bug Art\tumblr_n4ikbhRa5y1qbcsofo1_1280.png\쓰ǒ鷝쓰ǒ鷝\common\Unturned\Maps\PEI\Foliage\Tile_-3_7.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\PEI Arena\Foliage\Tile_-1_-1.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Baton_1023_Green_80.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Unturned\Bundles\Items\Barricades\Cover\Cover.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\common\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Fusilaut_1375_Flektarn_1024x1024_87.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\common\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Zubeknakov_122_Tribal_110.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Axe_Pick_1198_Forestfall_1024x1024_95.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Peacemaker_1024_Woodland_1024x1024_6.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_-61_53.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Users\Helloman\Pictures\Bug Art\tumblr_n4ikbhRa5y1qbcsofo1_1280.png\쓰ǒ鷝쓰ǒ鷝쓰ǒ\Steam\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-61_2.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_-51_-45.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\common\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_30_-13.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\common\Unturned\Maps\Russia\Foliage\Tile_-28_-58.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_33_49.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\common\Unturned\Extras\Econ\Sledgehammer_136_Blue_79.png [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\common\Unturned\Localization\English\Menu\Play\MenuPlayConfig.dat [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_-18_47.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Users\Helloman\Pictures\Bug Art\tumblr_n4ikbhRa5y1qbcsofo1_1280.png@\common\Unturned\Maps\Devtest4\Foliage\Tile_-8_-15.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\common\Unturned\Maps\Hawaii\Foliage\Tile_7_-14.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\steamapps\common\Unturned\Maps\Devtest4\Foliage\Tile_-13_6.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Unturned\Maps\Devtest4\Foliage\Tile_1_-10.foliage [E] Системата не може да намери указания път (3)

Do you see how the path shows a folder in some foreign language which I thought was japanese but I’m not sure… I do not have anything with such a name in my computer. I’m worried since my Avast might be corrupted if it shows such results!

Why does it show that image in the report results when I only chose the Steam folders to be scanned?