GFI Trojan Scan site back up...

Hi all...

Just an FYI Update to let you all know that TrojanScan site is back up but it is now run from Windowsecurity.com.

The URL has changed though...the new address is http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/. The old link www.trojanscan.com does work...it just redirects you to the URL above.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Unable to scan

When I tried to scan I got this message

Unable to scan D:\System Volume Information - Access is denied.

What do I do? Please. Anybody who knows. Thanks

 

System Volume Information is System Restore's files. The problem may that the system is denying access under the current user permissions. In that case, you need to run this test w/ full Admin rights.

Regards - Charles

 

Thanks. Running the scan now. Seems to be doing OK.

I do have to wonder though - it says the last trojan update was the 11th of this month. That's basically forever considering how frequently new baddies are hitting the internet.

 

Unable to scan C:\System Volume Information - Access is denied.

Same message on all drives scanned including those that are turned off in system restore. I am the administrator and as far as I know have full admistrator privleges.

Martin

 

Got the same message about not being able to deal with c:\system volume information that Martin did. And I did run it as an admin.

Also got the results in the picture. A little confused about
Bad Request

 

Workaround for system volume access maybe this will help
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q309531

 

El Camino,

If not NTFS file format - look at this thread http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=32067

Regards - Charles

 

Thanks for your input. I am Admin and only user on my notebook. How do I make myself with full Admin rights? Again, thanks, Charles.

 

Hi El,

Did you look thru this thread? http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=32067

Daizy, Johanna & Maggie give ways of doing so.

If none of those work, try doing the scan in Safe Mode and see what happens.

The file system type also has a bearing on this - I run FAT32, so from what I'm reading - if NTFS, the methods of assigning rights may be different.

Regards - Charles

 

Charles XP Pro, NTFS format. Thanks

 

Newt,

Ewido trojan scanner http://www.ewido.net/en/?section=downloads

Updates almost daily - sometimes more than once a day. Adds context menu and is NOT a startup. The paid version adds a resident blocker.

Regards - Charles

 

Hmmm. Have to try that one when I get home. Thanks.

 

thanks charlesvar

 

You're welcome kiasuteo,

Ewido, nice software isn't it, especially with those added goodies.

Regards - Charles

 

Hmmm...

Got the same error as Newt and martinr121...

Starting scan at 23:29:10:482...
Scan Memory
Memory not infected
Scan folder: 'C:\', recursive
Unable to scan C:\System Volume Information - Access is denied.
Finished scan at 23:43:32:279
Total number of files is 38336, number of infected files is 0
Average files per second is 44, average file size is 7269858

I sent them an e-mail on this error...will post back if they reply.

 

I have a question on the trojanscan site. I have a couple times used it myself and also have had clients use it. As in my case it goes about half way through and just sits there nothing else happens. Clients are telling me the same thing. fat32 as well as ntfs with admin rights.

any ideas ???

 

I got a reply back from the site...

gghartman...on the scanner page is a "mailto:" link for feeback (Info@windowsecurity.com). This is what I used to ask the question on the "System Volume Information" error. They got back to me fairly quick. Give it a try.