Cannot scan Adobe Flash Player Installer update with Avast IS 7.0.1466

Viruses and worms
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I always rescan downloaded files, however, Avast IS 7.0.1466 reports it cannot scan many files packed within the Adobe Flash Player update executable, install_flashplayer11x32_mssd_au_aih.exe. Most of the unscanned files bear the file extensions png, gif, js, and XML. May I proceed to install it safely, or wait for a fix from Avast? I don’t think OS or PC should matter, but mine is Windows 7 SP1 running on Intel (R) Core ™, i7-2600 CPU, 3.40GHz, 16 GM RAM

Also, here’s a tip…the Adobe FP Update comes with McAfee, so don’t forget to uncheck it during an install if you do not want it, or it will be awful to completely uninstall.

Thanks in advance for your advice. :slight_smile:

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and what is the full message from avast after the scan?

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I always rescan downloaded files,
you can do that with online multi scanners here

metascan-online.com (max 40mb)
virustotal.com (max 32mb)
jotti.org (max 25mb)
virscan.org (max 20mb)

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Hi, Pondus…

The Avast IS 7.0.1466 message is:

“Some files could not be scanned. Select the required action for each result and click ‘Apply’” which offers the standard Repair, Move to Chest, Delete, and Do Nothing Choices.

Then the Status for each file is: “Error. Archive if password protected. (42056).”

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Then the Status for each file is: "Error. Archive if password protected. (42056)."
this is normal with adobe many programs protect there files with passwords, usually security programs but also others

and files that can not be scanned are just that, no more no less. it does not mean they are infected
avast is just reporting a scan error and will not take any action on not infected files

so nothing to worry about. :wink:

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:slight_smile: You solved my problem…I appreciate your sharing the on-line multiscanners, too.