Warned with Avira Warnings!

[Saurabhdua]

Hi Geeks!

Like many of you, I do not gaze through the entire Antivirus Scanning Process. Just TURN OFF the Monitor & walk away for some 30-45 minutes!

Now Thank God though Avira didn't detect any Threat, the "Final Window" reflects 4 Warning Messages!?

What could these be? & should I wary about the same?

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***Global Green Message: Turn OFF the Monitor whenever applicable & help conserve Energy & reduce Carbon Footprints!

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[Calum]

Hit "Report" to find out.
Probably it's just some files it couldn't access during the scan, maybe password protected archives or the paging file.
Probably nothing to worry about, but best to check.
Hope this helps.

[quaxo]

Avira will almost come up with at least one warning, "The file could not be opened!", usually for pagefile.sys.

If you click 'Reports' and scroll towards the bottom, you will probably see this:

c:\pagefile.sys
[WARNING] This file could not be opened!
[NOTE] This file is a Windows system file.
[NOTE] This file cannot be opened for scanning.

However, I can't say for sure what the second file would be, so I won't speculate there. But, like Calum said, if you click 'Report' and scroll towards the end of the report, it should tell you what the two warnings were.

[Saurabhdua]

Thanks Guys!

Probably next time, I'll hit the 'Report' button to have an insight. Iam assured for now that there is nothing to worry about!

Please do spread the word for "Global Green Message"!

[quaxo]

While I am pretty sure about the one warning, pagefile.sys, what was the second one?

[Saurabhdua]

Hi Guys!

Got hold of the 'Complete Scan Report' for this time! 4 Warning Messages have been displayed under this!

Check out the attachment! OR...Go for this COPY-PASTE:



Avira AntiVir Personal
Report file date: Saturday, July 04, 2009  04:43

Scanning for 1446709 virus strains and unwanted programs.

Licensee        : Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus
Serial number   : 0000149996-ADJIE-0000001
Platform        : Windows XP
Windows version : (Service Pack 3)  [5.1.2600]
Boot mode       : Normally booted
Username        : SYSTEM
Computer name   : SAURABH

Version information:
BUILD.DAT       : 9.0.0.403     17961 Bytes    6/3/2009 17:05:00
AVSCAN.EXE      : 9.0.3.6      466689 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AVSCAN.DLL      : 9.0.3.0       40705 Bytes   2/27/2009 06:28:24
LUKE.DLL        : 9.0.3.2      209665 Bytes   2/20/2009 07:05:49
LUKERES.DLL     : 9.0.2.0       12033 Bytes   2/27/2009 06:28:52
ANTIVIR0.VDF    : 7.1.0.0    15603712 Bytes  10/27/2008 08:00:36
ANTIVIR1.VDF    : 7.1.4.132   5707264 Bytes   6/24/2009 20:54:46
ANTIVIR2.VDF    : 7.1.4.173    306688 Bytes    7/2/2009 21:36:13
ANTIVIR3.VDF    : 7.1.4.180     29696 Bytes    7/3/2009 20:16:49
Engineversion   : 8.2.0.204
AEVDF.DLL       : 8.1.1.1      106868 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AESCRIPT.DLL    : 8.1.2.13     426362 Bytes    7/2/2009 21:36:20
AESCN.DLL       : 8.1.2.3      127347 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AERDL.DLL       : 8.1.2.2      438642 Bytes    7/2/2009 21:36:18
AEPACK.DLL      : 8.1.3.18     401783 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AEOFFICE.DLL    : 8.1.0.38     196987 Bytes   6/17/2009 19:54:47
AEHEUR.DLL      : 8.1.0.137   1823095 Bytes   6/26/2009 20:54:49
AEHELP.DLL      : 8.1.3.6      205174 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AEGEN.DLL       : 8.1.1.48     348532 Bytes    7/2/2009 21:36:16
AEEMU.DLL       : 8.1.0.9      393588 Bytes   10/9/2008 10:02:40
AECORE.DLL      : 8.1.6.12     180599 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
AEBB.DLL        : 8.1.0.3       53618 Bytes   10/9/2008 10:02:40
AVWINLL.DLL     : 9.0.0.3       18177 Bytes  12/12/2008 04:17:59
AVPREF.DLL      : 9.0.0.1       43777 Bytes   12/5/2008 06:02:15
AVREP.DLL       : 8.0.0.3      155905 Bytes   1/20/2009 10:04:28
AVREG.DLL       : 9.0.0.0       36609 Bytes   12/5/2008 06:02:09
AVARKT.DLL      : 9.0.0.3      292609 Bytes   3/24/2009 10:35:41
AVEVTLOG.DLL    : 9.0.0.7      167169 Bytes   1/30/2009 06:07:08
SQLITE3.DLL     : 3.6.1.0      326401 Bytes   1/28/2009 10:33:49
SMTPLIB.DLL     : 9.2.0.25      28417 Bytes    2/2/2009 03:51:33
NETNT.DLL       : 9.0.0.0       11521 Bytes   12/5/2008 06:02:10
RCIMAGE.DLL     : 9.0.0.25    2438913 Bytes   6/12/2009 03:36:17
RCTEXT.DLL      : 9.0.37.0      86785 Bytes   4/17/2009 05:49:48

Configuration settings for the scan:
Jobname.............................: Complete system scan
Configuration file..................: c:\program files\avira\antivir desktop\sysscan.avp
Logging.............................: low
Primary action......................: interactive
Secondary action....................: ignore
Scan master boot sector.............: on
Scan boot sector....................: on
Boot sectors........................: C:,
Process scan........................: on
Scan registry.......................: on
Search for rootkits.................: on
Integrity checking of system files..: off
Scan all files......................: All files
Scan archives.......................: on
Recursion depth.....................: 20
Smart extensions....................: on
Macro heuristic.....................: on
File heuristic......................: medium

Start of the scan: Saturday, July 04, 2009  04:43

Starting search for hidden objects.
'20776' objects were checked, '0' hidden objects were found.

The scan of running processes will be started
Scan process 'avscan.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avcenter.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'Launchy.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'Rambooster.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'IObit SmartDefrag.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avgnt.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'explorer.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'alg.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'NMSSvc.Exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avgnsx.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avgwdsvc.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avguard.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'sched.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'spoolsv.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'lsass.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'services.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'winlogon.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'csrss.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'smss.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
24 processes with 24 modules were scanned

Starting master boot sector scan:
Master boot sector HD0
    [INFO]      No virus was found!

Start scanning boot sectors:
Boot sector 'C:\'
    [INFO]      No virus was found!

Starting to scan executable files (registry).
The registry was scanned ( '57' files ).


Starting the file scan:

Begin scan in 'C:\'
C:\pagefile.sys
    [WARNING]   The file could not be opened!
    [NOTE]      This file is a Windows system file.
    [NOTE]      This file cannot be opened for scanning.
C:\Documents and Settings\Saurabhdua\Application Data\Sun\Java\jre1.6.0_14\Data1.cab
 

• Archive type: CAB (Microsoft)

    --> patchjre.exe
      [WARNING]   No further files can be extracted from this archive. The archive will be closed
    [WARNING]   No further files can be extracted from this archive. The archive will be closed
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sptd.sys
    [WARNING]   The file could not be opened!


End of the scan: Saturday, July 04, 2009  05:31
Used time: 47:47 Minute(s)

The scan has been done completely.

   5946 Scanned directories
 349446 Files were scanned
      0 Viruses and/or unwanted programs were found
      0 Files were classified as suspicious
      0 files were deleted
      0 Viruses and unwanted programs were repaired
      0 Files were moved to quarantine
      0 Files were renamed
      2 Files cannot be scanned
 349444 Files not concerned
   9604 Archives were scanned
      4 Warnings
      1 Notes
  20776 Objects were scanned with rootkit scan
      0 Hidden objects were found


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[quaxo]

You should be able to safely ignore all of those warnings. They're all something to do with Windows and are no real threat. Avira is just letting you know those files could not be scanned due to their nature (archives).

[Saurabhdua]

Thanks Quaxo!

I liked your Avatar! But....with ref. to your reply; do you wish to state that Avira supremacy could be circumvented using Archives?!

Just a 'Wild Thought'..you know!

What about Avast? Is it good while scanning archives?

[quaxo]

It's just the nature of those particular archives and the page file. Most AVs can't scan them, they just don't bother to tell you. It's always good to double check though, since some viruses can generate the same error on certain files.

Don't confuse these types of archives with the 'archives' zip, rar, ace, and the like. Most other types of archives AVs can see right through.

If you want to really make sure your system is clean, you can follow the steps on this link:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html

Then post the logs here. One of the malware guys will come along and take a look at them and help you clean up anything that shouldn't be there.

[harry 48]

i asked the same question 2/3 months ago no need to worry about them they will be the same files etc that it cannot / will not open