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Nod32 Help Please

I decided to not renew my Panda Antivirus this year and uninstalled it. I have downloaded the 30 day trial of Nod 32 and also the Kerio Firewall today. I asked Nod 32 to do an initial scan and it seems to do this but says all my files (on c drive) are locked - file cannot be opened may be in use by another application or operating system. Does anyone know how I unlock the files so they can be scanned. It is now downloading updates so I presume it is installed correctly.

Apologies as I am a complete novice so simple steps I can take to get NOD32 working and able to scan my files would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

Thanks in advance, Mandy

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  • bildanto
    bildanto Posts: 54 Forumite
    Has anyone got a suggestion to solve the above please. As an update I turned off my firewall but NOD32 still could not do its initial scan as the files are still locked. Could it be my security settings, if so should I make sure any are enabled. Thanks.
  • Visit this website. It is the official support forum site for NOD. It will tell you everything about the locked files whisch is common by the way and not a problem. Honest.

    https://www.wilderssecurity.com

    This site also hosts the offiicial AVG AS (Ewido) forum
  • Should have looked at the forum first.

    If HI techboy cannot answer your query one of the mods will help - MArcos is very good and an Eset employee.
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