Avira warning question

External Since: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 49

When I run a scan, I always get the following 2 warnings.

What does this mean:

Begin scan in 'C:\'
C:\hiberfil.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!
C:\pagefile.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!

(What are these files and is this any concern)

External Since: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 4

MZB wrote:
> When I run a scan, I always get the following 2 warnings.
>
> What does this mean:
>
> Begin scan in 'C:\'
> C:\hiberfil.sys
> [WARNING] The file could not be opened!

This is a file the system creates when the computer goes into
hibernation mode.

> C:\pagefile.sys
> [WARNING] The file could not be opened!

This is a file that Windows uses as 'virtual' memory.

> (What are these files and is this any concern)
>
>

The files are locked system files which prevents the scanner from
accessing them. Thus the warning. It shouldn't be a concern.