Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: icking@gmdzi.uucp (Werner Icking) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: SCAN hangs while checking Window's SOL.EXE file (PC) Message-ID: <0011.9105141317.AA10748@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 14 May 91 11:31:24 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu SSIRCAR@ecs.umass.edu (Sant.) writes: >Has anyone had problems with SCANV77? When I scan my hard drive, the >program hangs on one particular file, SOL.EXE, Window's solitaire >program. I don't have problems with running the game and SCAN doesn't >have problems with any other file. In order to continue, I have to >press 'F' to accept the failure. Does anyone know why this is >happening? As far as I have seen, the problem does not depend on the version of SCAN. It depends on running SCAN under Windows in conjunction with SHARE. It seems to me that Windows opens a lot of files and the error occurs if SCAN attempts to open one of these files, too. The problem disappeared on my PC since I replaced loading SHARE by using NOSHARE (Simtel or mirror-sites: NOSHARE.ZIP) - -- Werner Icking icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2443 Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH (GMD) Schloss Birlinghoven, P.O.Box 1240, D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRGermany "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod."