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Question re Avira scan report

Have just scanned and the report summary is here -

"28001 Scanned directories
700913 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
0 Files cannot be scanned
700913 Files not concerned
4988 Archives were scanned
0 Warnings
0 Notes
601910 Objects were scanned with rootkit scan
2 Hidden objects were found"

What is the significance of the two hidden objects?

Fortyfoot

Comments

  • fiddiwebb
    fiddiwebb Posts: 1,806 Forumite
    Hidden objects are usually locked system files that can't be scanned.

    The two hidden objects will be C:\hiberfil.sys and C:\pagefile.sys, can you confirm if this is correct?
  • Fortyfoot
    Fortyfoot Posts: 1,961 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    fiddiwebb wrote: »
    Hidden objects are usually locked system files that can't be scanned.

    The two hidden objects will be C:\hiberfil.sys and C:\pagefile.sys, can you confirm if this is correct?

    Have just run again on my desktop -

    HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\parseautoexec
    [NOTE] The registry entry is invisible.
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power\heuristics
    [NOTE] The registry entry is invisible.

    The original question was asked after running it on a friends laptop which I don't have access to at the moment.

    Fortyfoot
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