Partition and antivirus

Spike88 · 04-20-09, 07:11 PM

I'm under the impression that my system has a virus. I used avast antivirus to scan it. I've scanned my C drive before and it seemed like I was out of the clear after Avast!, my antivirus cleaned it out. But now it seems like the virus is back, and I think its in my D drive. My D drive, is set up as a recovery drive. The problem is, everytime I scan the D drive, my antivirus gets hung up on a file in it. The file is something like Security log or something. I want to know if I should clean out the partition so its empty, and scan then. And If I should, how do I empty it?

NeonSamurai · 04-21-09, 11:27 AM

Did ya try another scanner? There are several online scanners available, including http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ which is decent.

Also are you sure that the antivirus is actually crapping out on that file, or is just taking it forever to scan that file.

For fun post the full name (including extension), location, and size of the file. Also you could try opening it in notepad, if it is really a log file then it would probably be human readable, it would also be safe to just delete most likely assuming it is legitimate.

Spike88 · 04-21-09, 01:25 PM

I'm assuming its getting stuck on it, becuase i've left it for over 12 hours just on that file. The file is D:\Windows\System32\config\security.log2 and it was last modified 6/27/07, and is 0KB in file size. I've tried deleting it before and running the virus scan, and it seemed to have just popped back.

I'll try the scanner you sent, maybe it'll detect something avast! can not.

longam · 04-21-09, 04:31 PM

Dont forget to turn off recovery in windows before scanning, some viruses use this system to survive.

NeonSamurai · 04-21-09, 07:07 PM

As far as I can tell that is a windows file, and it is normally locked off (in use) while windows is running. I would suggest scanning with a boot anti virus disk if you have one. Most anti virus programs just skip that file and move on

Given its file size though i doubt it is an infected file.

Spike88 · 04-22-09, 08:10 AM

Thats the thing, it gets stuck on the file when I do a boot scan.

04-20-09, 07:11 PM	#1
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Partition and antivirus I'm under the impression that my system has a virus. I used avast antivirus to scan it. I've scanned my C drive before and it seemed like I was out of the clear after Avast!, my antivirus cleaned it out. But now it seems like the virus is back, and I think its in my D drive. My D drive, is set up as a recovery drive. The problem is, everytime I scan the D drive, my antivirus gets hung up on a file in it. The file is something like Security log or something. I want to know if I should clean out the partition so its empty, and scan then. And If I should, how do I empty it? __________________

04-21-09, 11:27 AM	#2
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Did ya try another scanner? There are several online scanners available, including http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ which is decent. Also are you sure that the antivirus is actually crapping out on that file, or is just taking it forever to scan that file. For fun post the full name (including extension), location, and size of the file. Also you could try opening it in notepad, if it is really a log file then it would probably be human readable, it would also be safe to just delete most likely assuming it is legitimate. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

04-21-09, 01:25 PM	#3
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I'm assuming its getting stuck on it, becuase i've left it for over 12 hours just on that file. The file is D:\Windows\System32\config\security.log2 and it was last modified 6/27/07, and is 0KB in file size. I've tried deleting it before and running the virus scan, and it seemed to have just popped back. I'll try the scanner you sent, maybe it'll detect something avast! can not. __________________

04-21-09, 07:07 PM	#5
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	As far as I can tell that is a windows file, and it is normally locked off (in use) while windows is running. I would suggest scanning with a boot anti virus disk if you have one. Most anti virus programs just skip that file and move on Given its file size though i doubt it is an infected file. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

04-22-09, 08:10 AM	#6
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Thats the thing, it gets stuck on the file when I do a boot scan. __________________

04-21-09, 04:31 PM	#4
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Dont forget to turn off recovery in windows before scanning, some viruses use this system to survive.