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Question re Avira scan report
Fortyfoot
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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
"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
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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?0 -
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.
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