First, my specs:
XP SP3 (Fully updated)
Avast (Program: 5.0.462/Virus: 100317-1) (Has been checked for updates within the last hour of this post)
Now for the problem. When I try to scan my USB flash drives using the “Removable Media” scan, it runs for about a second then reports ‘some files could not be scanned’ and in the results it states *BOOTD: - Error: The parameter is incorrect (87)
I’ve tried multiple flash drives in multiple ports and every single one fails. I did see the workaround (Making a custom scan and going to Browse… and picking the individual drives). It’s tedious, and even when you go that route, yes it will scan without throwing up that error but it says it scans 7 GIGS in less than two seconds when it took it 37 minutes to scan 15 GB of my HDD. So something is not working properly.
I have researched this before posting and found people have had the exact same issues as far back as fall of last year. One would think this would have been resolved by now.
And please, no quips about “Don’t complain about free software”. If it doesn’t work, then why should I use it?