Got a friend interested in Avast4 home. When I
ran it on his computer part way through it came up
with a long list of what appear to be addresses(docs and settings files and others) and said Avast can’t
scan these locations. What does this mean and how
can I resolve?? Thanks
Dave
avast can’t scan files that are password protected, it doesn’t know the password.
There are many legitimate reasons why a file was password protected. For intance, the ones you’re talking about. Lavasoft stores its data in a password-protected ZIP archives (to prevent other similar tools from messing up with them). It’s really nothing to worry about - it’s normal.
In AdAware and S&D, when you fix/remove things it keeps backup/recovery information so you can restore anything that was mistakenly fixed/removed, etc. After a reasonable time your system has suffered no adverse effects, you can get rid of the older recovery/backup points.
This should reduce the number of protected files.
:Thank you ever so much for the explanation
How are the backup points removed(how do I)
after a while so the scans become free of
data showing up.
Dave
AdAware, open the Quarantine Manager and select the entries you want to delete (over two weeks old should be fine).
Spybot S&D, Recovery, select the entries to delete.
All this information is in the programs help files, a little time spent browsing it will help you get the best out of your programs.