system
1
Hello!
Excuse me but I speak english very very badly!
At each start windows XP SP2 this error
Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
in “journal” Antivirus
Why ?
Congratulations
Georges
system
2
Welcome to the forums, PapyNet ! 
No problem with what you wrote above.
I can not help you but someone will in a short time, I think ! 
That seems to mean that avast could not ‘backup’ some (in fact three) system files into Chest.
Did that come in a pop-up window? Or you saw that into ‘Windows Events’ (or even into avast Log viewer)?
system
4
Hello!
Windows Events
and to each boot or reboot
Congratulations
Georges
system
5
In log :
15/09/2004 21:34:52 1095276892 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1160 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
15/09/2004 21:34:53 1095276893 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1160 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
15/09/2004 22:41:28 1095280888 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1068 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
15/09/2004 22:41:28 1095280888 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1068 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
15/09/2004 22:50:16 1095281416 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
15/09/2004 22:50:16 1095281416 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
16/09/2004 06:41:49 1095309709 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
16/09/2004 06:41:49 1095309709 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
17/09/2004 08:11:29 1095401489 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1076 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
17/09/2004 08:11:29 1095401489 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1076 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
17/09/2004 10:14:51 1095408891 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
17/09/2004 10:14:51 1095408891 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1072 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
17/09/2004 13:00:18 1095418818 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1096 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
17/09/2004 13:00:18 1095418818 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1096 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
system
6
Dans area “quarantaine” :
Kernel32 Winsock wsock32 .dll
Georges
vojtech
7
Does the file C:\Program Files\ALWIL Software\Avast4\DATA\chest\index.xml exist ?
And the folder %TEMP%_avast4_ ? (%TEMP% is an environment variable, you can see its value in Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables)
system
8
Hello!
xlm exist to data\chest :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
All Temp are deleted at boot in windows open
What program or service “post” this event ?
Bien cordialement
Georges
vojtech
9
This is generated during start of “avast! Antivirus” service.
You use some utility that deletes the temporary folder contents ?
system
10
hello!
in .bat with :
rd /S /Q k:\Windows\Temp
md k:\Windows\Temp\
rd /S /Q k:"Documents and Settings"\Georges.ATHOME"Local settings"\Temp
md k:"Documents and Settings"\Georges.ATHOME"Local settings"\Temp
I have tested without rd : same
It’s possible to start avast in menu start ?
Yes? like ?
Merci d’avance
Bien cordialement
Georges
system
11
Hello!
I re-installed Avast and the problem it’s the same
Idea ?
Congratulations
Georges
Eddy
12
Did you remove Avast with the uninstall utillity before reinstalling?
If not, give it a try.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download/programs/avast_uninstall_util.html
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Remove Avast with that util.
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Reboot
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Install Avast
If you have XP Pro make sure you are logged in as ADMINISTRATOR
(not as user with admin rights, but as true administrator)
If you have XP Home, make sure you are logged in as user of the admin group.
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Reboot
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Again login as ADMINISTRATOR
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Check if Avast is working.
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Let us know if this is of any help.
system
13
Hello!
XP Pro SP2!
always this 2 messages to each boot :
24/09/2004 07:23:28 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1084 Error in aswChestS: chestOpenListLoc Error 3.
24/09/2004 07:23:28 AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM 1084 Error in aswChestS: chestAddSystemFiles Error 3.
xlm :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
00000005
1105200
00000001
1091573670
kernel32.dll
K:\WINDOWS\system32
System
1095744052
1048576
00000002
1051210800
winsock.dll
K:\WINDOWS\system32
System
1095744053
2864
00000003
1091573688
wsock32.dll
K:\WINDOWS\system32
System
1095744053
25088
00000004
1061204110
pspv.exe
K:\DOCUME~1\GEORGE~1.ATH\LOCALS~1\Temp\AAWTMP\C43268096
Win32:Trojan-gen. {UPX!}
Vir
yes
1095962428
28672
Bien cordialement
Georges
system
14
PapyNet,
I used to have this same problem. For my case, on top of that problem that you’ve described, the auto-update function also failed, although manual update works perfectly.
I found out, through pure luck, that the cause of my problem is because my “system environment variables” for ‘TEMP’ & ‘TMP’ are pointing to an invalid directory.
I used to have a RAMDISK pointing to Z:, and thus, I defined the following “system variables”:
TEMP = Z:
TMP = Z:\
And with that, I installed Avast, and Avast was working fine for a long time, until I decided to remove my RAMDISK, and forget to re-define these 2 variables to point to a new temp-directory. As a result, Avast started to exhibit those behaviours that I described above. After I re-defined the 2 variables to point to a proper and valid directory (e.g. C:\temp), and rebooted my PC, Avast immediately reverted back to it’s normal mode and did everything correctly. I’m a happy man now. 
Here’s how you can check whether your environment variables are correctly defined:
- Do a mouse-right-click on ‘My Computer’ icon, and select ‘Properties’.
- A ‘System Properties’ window will pop-up.
- Click on ‘Advanced’ tab.
- At the bottom of the window, click on ‘Environment Variables’ button.
- Another window will pop-up, displaying 2 sections – User vs System
- Check both sections for the variables 'TEMP and ‘TMP’.
- Change them to point to a valid directory.
- Reboot PC.
- See if Avast is working fine now.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Phi.
system
15
Hello!
In French :
J’ai placé le service “avast! Antivirus” sur Manuel.
Dans Démarrer Programmes Démarrage j’ai mis un raccourci vers une .bat qui fait Net Start “avast! Antivirus”
et les erreurs ne sont plus dans le journal des événéments
In English with traduction :
I placed the service “avast! Antivirus” on Manual. In To Start up Program Start I put a short cut towards .bat that does :
Net Start “avast! Antivirus”
and the errors are not anymore in the newspaper of the événéments