[pchelpers] Re: AntiVir scan warnings

Thanks John and Ekhart, I used AntiVir. It found a trojan also which I 
quarantined asap!
-----Original Message-----
From: Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 4:06 pm
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: AntiVir scan warnings



>>Hi Dru

> SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE WARNINGS? 

>>What program is producing these warnings? (name in blue title bar)

> I have no idea of its
> meaning. (XP SP/2) C:\hiberfil.sys ????? [WARNING]?? The file could
> not be opened! C:\pagefile.sys ????? [WARNING]?? The file could not
> be opened!

>>I assume that these warnings were produced during a scan by an 
>>antimalware program. They are harmless. They mean that these files could 
>>not be scanned because they were locked by Windows. This means that you 
>>weren't running the antimalware's scan in Windows's safe mode (tap F8 
>>after booting). That's not normally necessary but a good precaution 
>>whenever malware is found.

>>More information about those files can be found by simple searches in 
>>Wikipedia.


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