how can i scan pasword protected files???

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Hey yall, on the begining wan to say that AV7 rocks!!! buttttt, i need sum help!! any one knows how i can scan pasword protected files??? every time i do my scan i get the report and lots of files and plicks are not scanned be cose they are password protected >:( . i dont get it!!! Is it possible that a spy program or any kind of crap which installed it self on my computer is pasword protected by the creator of the program so the AV is not scanning it ??? thanx for help :slight_smile: :).

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You can’t. No AV can do that. :wink:

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…but how come this files are password protected while they are on my computer.?.?.? i didnt make any passwords for thous files and those files are weird names and extensions

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  1. Well, e.g.: since a while Adobe started to provide PW protected installers…
  2. Please post some examples.
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…fak!!! ;D how can i upload an image up in this mothafakaaa??? ;D the insert image dosnt work WTF??? i wan to upload a captur of my screen to show you what im talking about.

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Please watch your language…!!
You can upload an image with the “Attach” option.

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daimm i gotz to go back to work now but ill try to upload the image so you can see. as i looked non of Ă©m dont have anything familiar. well thanx much .

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You’re welcome.

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:-[ my bad, … i dont have a attach option only “insert image” and it dosnt work…

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okay im off to work, ill try to figure that out later and post the capture. anse again BIG THANX Asyn :).

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If you reply to a post, look for: “Attachments and other options” below the text box and click on it.

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If you reply to a post, look for: “Attachments and other options” below the text box and click on it.
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got it now, you the man Asyn ;D!!! okay that is a little part what came up, therest dosn’t fit on the screen.

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Hi,
I suggest to you to perform a disk Cleanup or use CCleaner to empty the TEMP folder before you make an avast! scan.
It will help to haven’t a password protect problems on old installer in the TEMP directory

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@ beno
By examining 1) the reason given by avast! for not being able to scan the files, 2) the location of the files, you can get an idea of what program they relate to. You may need to expand the column headings to see all the text.

If you can give some examples of those locations (the column you need to expand) ?

That said it looks like an update, probably codecs and the contents of the *_setup.dat (where * is the rest of the file name) is protected, which isn’t that unusual.

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I suggest to you to perform a disk Cleanup or use CCleaner to empty the TEMP folder before you make an avast! scan.
It will help to haven’t a password protect problems on old installer in the TEMP directory
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I did get it, im doing the “Drive Wiper” i chose the option to clean up free space and it wan to klean up over 80gig’s, is it posible that is so much out of total 220gig’s??? thanx for reply

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true that :). now the report looks much “familiar”. thanx man

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I would’nt be running driver wiper if i were you as it does what it say’s and will wipe all of windows, you should only need to run the normal disc clean.

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it has two options you can see it on the screen cap. i chose 1st one which is to clean up free space, 2n d one dosnt work im shure it has a some kind of safety :wink: . isa 1st time since ibought my laptop ( 1 year ) so it could be over 80gig"s . haha i let you know how it went ahha

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You’re welcome.