Corrupt files detected?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Several times when i have run Avast scan it has detected hidden files which it identifies as corrupt. I am not sure what this means and whether i should do anything with them or just leave them alone. As i mentioned they are small hidden files some of which are not even showing.

Below is the report today from a boot scan with Avast:

02/18/2008 13:26
Scan of all local drives
File C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\K9ADYP4R\BIN_STDATA[1].CAB\BIN_STDATA.SPT Error 42127 {CAB archive is corrupted.}
File C:\Program Files\ZSoft\Uninstaller\backup\1200833679\30.zubak\update\langspecific\nor\updspapi.dll Error 42127 {CAB archive is corrupted.}

Number of searched folders: 1628
Number of tested files: 241330
Number of infected files: 0

What can people advise me on this?

Thanks for the help.

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Any ideas on this issue?

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Files that can’t be scanned are just that, not an indication they are suspicious/infected, just unable to be scanned. Could be due to archive packing problems or avast wasn’t able to unpack them. Don’t worry :wink:

Maybe you can clean your Internet temporary files.

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Thanks for the kind reply.

So when Avast can’t scan files it calls them corrupt, but does this mean the files may still be good files ie not damaged.

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You can change this into avast Report settings, letting only the ‘infected’ files to be reported.