Warnings

[bonthefarm]

Goodday! I ran AV and it came up with 2 warnings. Are these ok and what should I do about them?

egin scan in 'C:\'
C:\hiberfil.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!
C:\pagefile.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!


End of the scan: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:58
Used time: 1:22:51 min:scratch:

Thanks so much!
Brenda

 

[tashi]

Hi Brenda,

I moved your topic from the malware forum because they are very busy and unable to answer general questions about an AV's detections.
Malware forum rules: "BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance)

Previous topic: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=25313&page=2

Google is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernate_(OS_feature)

Generally you will find a System's hidden files show as locked during an anti virus scan.

Cheers.

 

[md usa spybot fan]

bonthefarm (Brenda):

C:\hiberfil.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!
C:\pagefile.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!

Those files are where the memory is stored for hibernation and the swap file for virtual memory. Both are locked by windows and normally can not be scanned.

If they are warnings from Avira AntiVir they are not unusual. See:

• Hovirag5avira
  http://forum.avira.com/thread.php?threadid=34181

 

[bonthefarm]

Aok

Hi md! Thanks so much for replying. I didn't realize that Avira had its own forum.

Now I know. (Learning all the time!)

Thanks again,

Brenda