Spybot stuck on initial scan when it finds Win32.Qhost.ahnj

[Silkie]

I downloaded Spybot today ver 2.5.42 and did a full scan and when it finds a file or process called Win32.Qhost.ahnj it gets stuck and just does not move on (33.2 %)

I am running Windows 10 with Defender off and Bitdefender on

Any help much appreciated

[tashi]

Hello Silkie,

The scanner is looking for the item, it does not mean it is on the computer but I have reported this.

Could you exclude Win32.Qhost.ahnj from the scan and see if that fixes the issue.

"How to exclude products from the scan?

You can edit the ignore list in the “Settings“ module to exclude a product from further searches. In order to do so you have to run the Start Center, switch to “Advanced User Mode” and then open “Settings”. Now browse to the “Ignore List“ tab. Via the “Add“ button you will get a list of products to be excluded. Just select the product you want to exclude and hit “OK“.
Settings can also be launched via SDTray (the small Spybot – Search & Destroy icon beside your systems clock in the taskbar)."

https://www.safer-networking.org/faq...-the-search-2/

Best regards.

[Silkie]

Many thanks for the help. So I went ahead and excluded that Win32.Qhost.ahnj entry and the scan worked fine, nothing sinister found.

So when you say:

"The scanner is looking for the item, it does not mean it is on the computer but I have reported this"

I am not sure what that means as surely it must be on the computer if it got flagged? Is there another way to track it down?

[tashi]

Hello Silkie,

Many thanks for the help. So I went ahead and excluded that Win32.Qhost.ahnj entry and the scan worked fine, nothing sinister found.

So when you say:

"The scanner is looking for the item, it does not mean it is on the computer but I have reported this"

I am not sure what that means as surely it must be on the computer if it got flagged? Is there another way to track it down?

It was my understanding that you started a full scan but it froze on Win32.Qhost.ahnj and did not complete?

I downloaded Spybot today ver 2.5.42 and did a full scan and when it finds a file or process called Win32.Qhost.ahnj it gets stuck and just does not move on (33.2 %)

The scanner's bar shows it searching for items in its database, when a scan completes successfully it will show if any items were found and list them.

Did your anti virus program find anything remiss?

Best regards.

[Silkie]

OK the Bitdefender scan finished after 18 hours and found nothing so it seems all is fine. The question remains why Spybot has a thing about the qhost.ahnj file but I guess that is just a bug. Many thanks for your help

[(m/f)]

Win32.Qhost.ahnj has got some very extensive rules that may take a lot of time to scan on some systems. This might not even be a bug... sorry for that. If it takes too long to scan, you might want to exclude Win32.Qhost.ahnj from your scan via "settings".