I have a 2nd hard drive in my new system setup that did not have this folder in it yesterday or midweek. The drive is F: and the path is F:system volume information and when I run an Avast scan, this folder contains this: WINZIP32.EX_. This folder/file cannot be scanned because of password protection. I was unable to move it to the Chest. What exactly is this file/folder called System Volume Information and why is it showing up today or even yesterday but not before? Is this part of system restore?
How can I scan this with this password protection that I did not give it? I tried doing a ‘search’ for this file after making sure hidden files are not hidden and system files are shown, etc. but this WINZIP32.EX_ is not found. I am going to try doing a boot scan after unchecking system restore as mentioned in an earlier post and maybe that can get rid of this. I don’t want this System Volume Information folder because if I cannot scan it for viruses, it sure can’t be healthy for my computer. Can anyone explain what this is and how I can keep it from being consistently reintroduced to my drive(s)? This F: drive is not my system drive, it’s where I store data files. Thanks in advance for ANY advice… katy