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McAfee VirusScan gets stuck on a file

Started by supernoober , Aug 01 2005 06:44 PM

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supernoober
Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:44 PM

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Can someone help me with this? When I scan with Mcafee VirusScan, it always gets stuck on this file that I downloaded. It seems to stay scanning that file forever and never moves on. I can't cancel the scan when it reaches this point so I have to resort to using task manager to force end the task. Does anyone know why this happens and how to prevent it?
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makai
Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:50 PM

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Maybe the file is corrupted.
Can you download another copy?
How big is the file?
What kind of file is it?
Do you need this file... if not delete it.

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Posted 01 August 2005 - 07:11 PM

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The file is a 700 mb rar file and it is not corrupted. I think it was just taking long because it is a large compressed file. Thanks
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 07:29 PM

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Yes, 700mb would take quite loooonngggg to scan! :tazz:

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Posted 07 August 2005 - 01:36 AM

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Yea fasho thanks
It it solved thanks to you.
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