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From: Dex on 27 Mar 2010 08:14 Now that Avast v5 needs to be running in the background to scan selected files from the context menu, can anyone recommend another scanner that will work purely on-demand only, this includes services loaded at startup. Already have Avira v10, but it lacks scanning inside a lot of .exe files. Using XP Pro SP3.
From: Sir_George on 27 Mar 2010 09:09 I use Avira AV and have never had, nor heard of anyone else having, a problem scanning "exe" extensions. I am currently using the Premium (paid) version 10.0.0.597. I am using Windows 7 as the operating system, but had no problems with XP Pro SP3 prior to upgrading. What "exe" files are locked when trying to scan with Avira? -- Sir_George "Dex" <Dex(a)me.com> wrote in message news:hoksqr$48u$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Now that Avast v5 needs to be running in the background to scan selected > files from the context menu, can anyone recommend another scanner that > will work purely on-demand only, this includes services loaded at > startup. > > Already have Avira v10, but it lacks scanning inside a lot of .exe files. > > Using XP Pro SP3. >
From: Dex on 27 Mar 2010 11:00 Sir_George wrote: > I use Avira AV and have never had, nor heard of anyone else having, a > problem scanning "exe" extensions. I am currently using the Premium > (paid) version 10.0.0.597. > > I am using Windows 7 as the operating system, but had no problems with > XP Pro SP3 prior to upgrading. > > What "exe" files are locked when trying to scan with Avira? > They're not locked. Avira sees them as one file, Avast unpacks them to scan what's inside.
From: Dex on 27 Mar 2010 11:17 Dex wrote: > Sir_George wrote: >> I use Avira AV and have never had, nor heard of anyone else having, a >> problem scanning "exe" extensions. I am currently using the Premium >> (paid) version 10.0.0.597. >> >> I am using Windows 7 as the operating system, but had no problems with >> XP Pro SP3 prior to upgrading. >> >> What "exe" files are locked when trying to scan with Avira? >> > > They're not locked. Avira sees them as one file, Avast unpacks them to > scan what's inside. As an example, XP Service pack 3, WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe Avast scans 22,346 files, Avira scans... 1 file. So malware could be embedded in it and Avira will pass it.
From: gufus on 27 Mar 2010 12:15 From: Dex Subj: Re: On-Demand onlySat, 27 Mar 2010 15:17:50 +0000 Hello, Dex! You wrote on Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:17:50 +0000: D> Dex wrote: ??>> Sir_George wrote: ??>>> I use Avira AV and have never had, nor heard of anyone else having, a ??>>> problem scanning "exe" extensions. I am currently using the Premium ??>>> (paid) version 10.0.0.597. ??>>> ??>>> I am using Windows 7 as the operating system, but had no problems ??>>> with XP Pro SP3 prior to upgrading. ??>>> ??>>> What "exe" files are locked when trying to scan with Avira? ??>>> ??>> They're not locked. Avira sees them as one file, Avast unpacks them to ??>> scan what's inside. D> As an example, XP Service pack 3, WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe Start of the scan: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:13 Starting the file scan: Begin scan in 'C:\WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe' C:\WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe [WARNING] The file could not be opened! End of the scan: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:13 Used time: 00:00 Minute(s) The scan has been done completely. 0 Scanned directories 1 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 1 Files cannot be scanned 0 Files not concerned 0 Archives were scanned 1 Warnings 0 Notes -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
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