swhealthex.log

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Hello,

what is the use of the file swhealthex.log. I look into it for the first time and find a lot of entries zhat have nothing to do with my computer.
For example:

28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1404> Product name: Java Runtime Environment 7 (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1404> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1405> Product name: Java Runtime Environment 8 (64 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1405> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1411> Product name: Adobe Shockwave
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1411> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1903> Product name: Mozilla Thunderbird
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1903> DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1903> DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <45.3.0>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1903> DETECTED_LANGID =
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1903> Product is up to date
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1601> Product name: VLC Media Player (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1601> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1604> Product name: iTunes (64 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1604> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1605> Product name: iTunes (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1605> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> Product name: QuickTime
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <7.7.4>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> DETECTED_LANGID =
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> Product is updateable
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1606> Applying the policy: WAIT_USER_INPUT
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1614> Product name: DivX Plus Web Player
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1614> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1615> Product name: Miranda IM (32 Bit)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1615> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1616> Product name: Skype
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1616> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> Product name: IrfanView
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> DETECTED_INSTALLATION_FOLDER = <C:\Program Files (x86)\Grafikprogramme\IrfanView>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> DETECTED_CURRENT_VERSION = <4.3.6.0>
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> DETECTED_LANGID =
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> Product is updateable
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1617> Applying the policy: WAIT_USER_INPUT
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1902> Product name: Foxit Reader
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1902> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1908> Product name: Nitro Reader
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1908> Product is not installed
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1107> Product name: Google Chrome (current user)
28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1107> Product is not installed

Skype, Notro Reader, iTunes - never downloaded, never used. :frowning:

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If you read the log properly, you will see it has everything to do with your system.

e.g.
1] 28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1601> Product name: VLC Media Player (32 Bit)
2] 28/09/16 18:24:36 INFO: <1601> Product is not installed

1] Check if the application is installed
2] this is the result of the check

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So Avast can check which software of this list is installed ok.
Is this a useful information for a malware scanner that should check all files?

And this list cannot contain every potential program on any computer - it lists only a (small) fraction of programs.