Bit Defender Can't Delete Files "infected (no Action Was Possible, File Was In An Archive)"

kevinconklin

hi i just got bit defender 2009 and i did a system scan and 7 files were not able to be deleted and it says "Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)"

all the files were in my backup here is a peice of the log file.

please tell me how to get rid of them if bit defender won't!!

Remaining issues:Object Name Threat Name Final Status

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 14) Adware.Errorsafe.E Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 1) Adware.Errorsafe.K Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 12) Adware.Winantispyware.A Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 0) Application.Generic.23289 Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 2) Application.Generic.24131 Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe=](Instyler o)=](Instyler Module 3) Application.Generic.24133 Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

C:\My Backup -- 20-05-08 2058\Documents and Settings\kev\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for runescape scottocs bittorrent downloader.zip\BitDownload Setup.exe=](NSIS o)=]lzma_solid_nsis0006 Trojan.Swizzor.1 Infected (no action was possible, file was in an archive)

alexcrist

Hello kevinconklin,

I'm deeply sorry for the late reply. I didn't notice this thread when it was created. I only found it now.

Maybe you already solved your problem, but still I want to reply to your question, for future reference.

BitDefender can unpack many archived/packed formats, so archived threats can be detected. However, BitDefender has limited capabilities of cleaning up archived files (ZIP files, for instance, can be cleaned, but RAR files cannot).

This happens because most of the archiving/packing systems are proprietary formats. To clean an archive, you basically need to unpack all files (which BitDefender can do), and create a new archive containing only the clean files... which BitDefender can't do.

Because most archiving formats are proprietary formats, it means that the packing algorithm cannot be used without license from the author of the algorithm.

ZIP format is a free format, and everyone knows it and can use it to create (un)packers. But RAR format (for instance), is a closed format, owned by RarLabs (if I'm not mistaking). So for BitDefender to repack files in the RAR format would be basically illegal, not to mention somehow dangerous for the files, because BitDefender doesn't know the exact packing method and corrupt the archives. The same thing applies for the rest of the packing formats.

In your case, to remove the detected files, find the following files and manually delete them:

C:\My Backup -- 23-04-06 1129\Documents and Settings\Michelle Conklin\Local Settings\Temp\WinFixer2006FreeSetup.exe

C:\My Backup -- 20-05-08 2058\Documents and Settings\kev\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for runescape scottocs bittorrent downloader.zip\BitDownload Setup.exe

Cris.

P.S.: I will pin this topic. All other topics about this same issue will be closed and redirected to this one.