Did reinstall my OS some days ago and scanned my PC today (Quick Scan). Was the notation at ‘Processed file’ that I have not seen before named SVC. So it is normal that is says
‘Processed file: SVC: SysMain> C:\Windows …’
Does avast say anything about the file…what?
suspicious files can be tested at www.virustotal.com / www.metascan-online.com / www.jotti.org
It doesn’t detect any infected or suspicious file. Everytime at the beginning of a scan it looks like this with various files. I don’t know much about computer but apparently it’s about some core files of the system don’t think that would be infected. I am just wondering what that SVC is … wasn’t there before or I just didn’t notice it perhaps.
SVC is short for a service I believe, which runs in the background and during scans these services, etc will be scanned. The file name in the image ends in sys (system device driver).
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/sys
http://systemexplorer.net/file-database/file/basicrender-sys
It’s part of Windows 8.
Oh okay thanks!
What is, Bob? The inclusion of services in a scan, or the existence of services?
I don’t disagree with you - services have been part of every version of Windows since Windows NT.
-Noel
When I’m running a full system scan, that typically includes services on my Win 7 system too, and probably on earlier versions as well.