SP3: unscannable objects

[Guest Simon]

I run XP SP3 and IE7. After some initial problems, and with advice from this

forum, I downloaded SP3 from Microsoft Download Center and re-installed it

with my AVG 7.5 antivirus and Win Defender both disabled. This was good

advice - it now seems to work fine.

However, I do a scan once a week with Windows Live Security Scanner. Since

re-install of XP SP3 it still reports no viruses or spyware but it tells me

each time that it could not scan 9 objects. Under SP2 it scanned all

objects. I have repeated the SP3 scan with AVG and Defender disabled and it

again states 9 objects not scanned. With the exception of the re-installed

SP3 my set-up is identical to that when scanning under SP2, so I am assuming

the unscannable items are part of SP3. Can anyone else replicate this

behaviour or help to shed any light on what the 9 objects are please?

(Unfortunately Win Live Safety Scanner doesn't identify them by name).

(There are no password protected documents on my PC.)

[Guest Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

Re: unscannable objects

 

Re: unscannable objects

 

"Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CC55EAAE-FD1A-4061-95B2-95E38BF9F332@microsoft.com...

>I run XP SP3 and IE7. After some initial problems, and with advice from

>this

> forum, I downloaded SP3 from Microsoft Download Center and re-installed it

> with my AVG 7.5 antivirus and Win Defender both disabled. This was good

> advice - it now seems to work fine.

> However, I do a scan once a week with Windows Live Security Scanner.

> Since

> re-install of XP SP3 it still reports no viruses or spyware but it tells

> me

> each time that it could not scan 9 objects. Under SP2 it scanned all

> objects. I have repeated the SP3 scan with AVG and Defender disabled and

> it

> again states 9 objects not scanned. With the exception of the

> re-installed

> SP3 my set-up is identical to that when scanning under SP2, so I am

> assuming

> the unscannable items are part of SP3. Can anyone else replicate this

> behaviour or help to shed any light on what the 9 objects are please?

> (Unfortunately Win Live Safety Scanner doesn't identify them by name).

> (There are no password protected documents on my PC.)

[Guest Simon]

Re: unscannable objects

 

Re: unscannable objects

 

Sorry, don't understand - is this a reference to something?

 

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote:

> "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:CC55EAAE-FD1A-4061-95B2-95E38BF9F332@microsoft.com...

> >I run XP SP3 and IE7. After some initial problems, and with advice from

> >this

> > forum, I downloaded SP3 from Microsoft Download Center and re-installed it

> > with my AVG 7.5 antivirus and Win Defender both disabled. This was good

> > advice - it now seems to work fine.

> > However, I do a scan once a week with Windows Live Security Scanner.

> > Since

> > re-install of XP SP3 it still reports no viruses or spyware but it tells

> > me

> > each time that it could not scan 9 objects. Under SP2 it scanned all

> > objects. I have repeated the SP3 scan with AVG and Defender disabled and

> > it

> > again states 9 objects not scanned. With the exception of the

> > re-installed

> > SP3 my set-up is identical to that when scanning under SP2, so I am

> > assuming

> > the unscannable items are part of SP3. Can anyone else replicate this

> > behaviour or help to shed any light on what the 9 objects are please?

> > (Unfortunately Win Live Safety Scanner doesn't identify them by name).

> > (There are no password protected documents on my PC.)

>

>

>

[Guest Simon]

RE: SP3: unscannable objects

 

Unscannable items in SP3 cleared by deleting old system restore points.

 

"Simon" wrote:

> I run XP SP3 and IE7. After some initial problems, and with advice from this

> forum, I downloaded SP3 from Microsoft Download Center and re-installed it

> with my AVG 7.5 antivirus and Win Defender both disabled. This was good

> advice - it now seems to work fine.

> However, I do a scan once a week with Windows Live Security Scanner. Since

> re-install of XP SP3 it still reports no viruses or spyware but it tells me

> each time that it could not scan 9 objects. Under SP2 it scanned all

> objects. I have repeated the SP3 scan with AVG and Defender disabled and it

> again states 9 objects not scanned. With the exception of the re-installed

> SP3 my set-up is identical to that when scanning under SP2, so I am assuming

> the unscannable items are part of SP3. Can anyone else replicate this

> behaviour or help to shed any light on what the 9 objects are please?

> (Unfortunately Win Live Safety Scanner doesn't identify them by name).

> (There are no password protected documents on my PC.)