NOD32 search results

[Sava700]

I'm seeing alot of results saying "archive damaged" the file could not be extracted or " error" password protected file... most is the "archive damaged" thing which is ALOT of files if I scroll the list.. and last down at the bottom after a scan I see:

Notes:

[4] File cannot be opened. It may be in use by another application or operating system.


This tells me from what I see alot of files are not being searched or are being bypassed.. how do I correct this?

[CableDude]

Reboot scan in safemode?

[YeOldeStonecat]

"[4] File cannot be opened. It may be in use by another application or operating system."

NOD32 doesn't hide anything...there are system files 'n such that simply cannot be scanned properly. Other antivirus programs simply won't tell you this..NOD32 doesn't hide it. It's interface appears daunting to many because of so many features "up front".

It's also picky about files being proper...other antivirus programs will bark at corrupted or harmless files and call them "bad guys"..thus raising their perceived effectiveness...NOD32...if it's not a fully functional program..will not count it as such. It doesn't need to falsify claims.

[Sava700]

ok so don't worry about it??

[YeOldeStonecat]

If it gets your curiosity..the thing to do, is take a look at the files.

Operating system files, they're the ones that will generall be "In use"..therefore causing a cannot access error. Nothing you can do about that really. Rebooting in safe mode allows a better scan..less are in use. But no matter what AV product you use...if you're scanning the machine you booted into...no antivirus product out there can scan all "files in use". Some just don't show you the error in their logs. If you need to scan a system file...best thing to do is slave that drive onto another machine..boot up..then scan it as a "D" drive..a drive you don't boot from.

Password protected files..such as zipped files with password protection..naturally since an antivirus program doesn't know the password to open that zip file..it cannot open it up to scan inside of it.

There are some other types of compressed files, depending upon how made, that cannot get scanned. The logic here is that..if you go to open that file, real time file protection WILL THEN get a chance to sniff the contents, and catch bad guys, upon extraction of these files.

The damaged files..that's probably the biggest question mark. A slightly corrupted file? Hard to say what it is. Junk file probably. The antivirus scanner is trying to read it through the operating system...and the OS probably can't read it. If a remaining file is in question...perhaps copy and upload it to an online scanner, such as http://virusscan.jotti.org/