Eicar standard virus test

[system]

archive scanning include Zipped files so maybe the eicar .com file you downloaded is in zipped format?.If you check warning logs …right click avast icon >select avast log viewer>click warning you should see the eicar file logged and the path to where its located.
me

[system]

Hi Bassbag and thanks a lot for your usefull help:
I finaly locate the eicar file in dos mode and delete it (ooooh yeees !)
Now avast! works properly…and I’m now stressless
Thanks one more time !
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[system]

When I was testing the Eicar File with Avast on my win98se machine, Avast does not seem to like it. My machine was freezing when I attempted to download the file. On another note, I must have by accident, backed up My documents directory that still had the Eicar test file in it. My backup program stores the directory as a Zip file and Avast caught it on the last scan of my D:drive. The problem was that Avast could not get rid of it no matter what option I selected. This happened a couple weeks ago and I can not remember the error it was giving me. It would not move it to the chest, rename, delete on boot up, or anything. I just ended up deleting the entire zip file manually through explorer.

[system]

Hi Cochise,
Thanks for replying and problem description:
I’ve done the same thing to delete the eicar file,
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[system]

@Cochise

When I was testing the Eicar File with Avast on my win98se machine, Avast does not seem to like it. My machine was freezing when I attempted to download the file. On another note, I must have by accident, backed up My documents directory that still had the Eicar test file in it. My backup program stores the directory as a Zip file and Avast caught it on the last scan of my D:drive. The problem was that Avast could not get rid of it no matter what option I selected. This happened a couple weeks ago and I can not remember the error it was giving me. It would not move it to the chest, rename, delete on boot up, or anything. I just ended up deleting the entire zip file manually through explorer.

This is from my log file. Maybe the Awil team can tell me if this is related or something else is wrong. I have Avast Home ver on a win98se pc.

6/14/04 8:21:36 PM dom 4294867435 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/14/04 8:21:35 PM dom 4294867435 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/14/04 6:02:28 AM dom 4294867701 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/14/04 6:02:28 AM dom 4294867701 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/14/04 5:59:15 AM dom 4294868977 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/14/04 5:59:15 AM dom 4294868977 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/14/04 5:55:19 AM dom 4294868633 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/14/04 5:55:19 AM dom 4294868633 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/14/04 5:47:31 AM dom 4294866945 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/14/04 5:47:31 AM dom 4294866945 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/13/04 4:33:35 PM dom 4294867363 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/13/04 4:33:35 PM dom 4294867363 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/13/04 4:04:14 PM dom 4294867331 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/13/04 4:04:14 PM dom 4294867331 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/13/04 7:56:26 AM dom 4294867437 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/13/04 7:56:26 AM dom 4294867437 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/13/04 7:05:34 AM dom 4294965503 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/13/04 7:05:34 AM dom 4294965503 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/13/04 6:53:27 AM dom 4294838381 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/13/04 6:53:27 AM dom 4294838381 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/12/04 9:32:38 AM dom 4294857213 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/12/04 9:32:38 AM dom 4294857213 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/12/04 9:30:28 AM dom 4294852211 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/12/04 9:30:28 AM dom 4294852211 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/12/04 9:11:39 AM dom 4294838383 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/12/04 9:11:39 AM dom 4294838383 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/12/04 12:15:25 AM dom 4294838573 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/12/04 12:15:25 AM dom 4294838573 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/11/04 6:52:58 PM dom 4294838473 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/11/04 6:52:57 PM dom 4294838473 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/11/04 6:45:15 PM dom 4294856271 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/11/04 6:45:15 PM dom 4294856271 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/11/04 6:03:09 AM dom 4294852299 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/11/04 6:03:09 AM dom 4294852299 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/11/04 5:47:30 AM dom 4294857185 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/11/04 5:47:30 AM dom 4294857185 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/11/04 12:08:28 AM dom 4294882427 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/11/04 12:08:28 AM dom 4294882427 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/10/04 6:20:31 PM dom 4294838399 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/10/04 6:20:31 PM dom 4294838399 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/10/04 1:52:06 PM dom 4294838755 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/10/04 1:52:06 PM dom 4294838755 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/9/04 1:54:05 PM dom 4294838367 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/9/04 1:54:05 PM dom 4294838367 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/9/04 5:28:58 AM dom 4294856729 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/9/04 5:28:58 AM dom 4294856729 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/8/04 1:29:46 PM dom 4294842293 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/8/04 1:29:46 PM dom 4294842293 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/8/04 6:12:12 AM dom 4294856753 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/8/04 6:12:12 AM dom 4294856753 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/7/04 3:58:09 PM dom 4294838685 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/7/04 3:58:09 PM dom 4294838685 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/7/04 3:55:55 PM dom 4294878943 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/7/04 3:55:55 PM dom 4294878943 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/5/04 10:20:51 PM dom 4294860641 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/5/04 10:20:51 PM dom 4294860641 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/5/04 11:23:32 AM dom 4294878829 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/5/04 11:23:32 AM dom 4294878829 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/5/04 10:34:08 AM dom 4294860563 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/5/04 10:34:08 AM dom 4294860563 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/4/04 5:43:15 AM dom 4294878867 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/4/04 5:43:15 AM dom 4294878867 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/2/04 5:53:09 PM dom 4294860461 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/2/04 5:53:09 PM dom 4294860461 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/2/04 1:10:24 PM dom 4294860769 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/2/04 1:10:24 PM dom 4294860769 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/2/04 6:08:23 AM dom 4294878281 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/2/04 6:08:23 AM dom 4294878281 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/1/04 6:03:23 PM dom 4294860579 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/1/04 6:03:23 PM dom 4294860579 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/1/04 5:53:42 PM dom 4294860593 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
6/1/04 5:53:42 PM dom 4294860593 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/1/04 5:38:05 AM dom 4294860751 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
6/1/04 5:38:05 AM dom 4294860751 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/31/04 8:37:58 PM dom 4294860049 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
5/31/04 8:37:58 PM dom 4294860049 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/31/04 8:35:47 AM dom 4294878249 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
5/31/04 8:35:47 AM dom 4294878249 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/30/04 10:28:03 AM dom 4294859937 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
5/30/04 10:28:03 AM dom 4294859937 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/29/04 4:23:09 PM dom 4294859815 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/29/04 4:23:09 PM dom 4294859815 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
5/29/04 2:03:33 PM dom 4294859815 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
5/29/04 2:03:33 PM dom 4294859815 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/28/04 4:34:32 PM dom 4294859789 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
5/28/04 4:34:32 PM dom 4294859789 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.