Floppy Drive Access During Scan

[Guest]

Well I seem to be having the same problem that a lot of you have – when I do
a scan the A(floppy) Drive runs and the Defender seems to stall at that
point. My way around it is to put a floppy in the drive – this is a quick fix
but want is the repair from Microsoft????
On a custom scan I only have “C†checked but it still seeks the A drive.
Windows XP Home
Defender 1.1.1347.0 engine 1.1.144.0

 

[Guest]

i also have this going on with a full system scan , but after about 1 min; he
goes on after (trying) scanning my floppy drive without a floppy in it , this
is something with the new engine i think , because in the past i dit not have
the problem , and i do a full scan aubout once every 2 a 3 weeks....
so i think it a bug....

 

[Guest]

FWIW - I don`t think it relates only to the new build because I recall seeing
this error way back for some people and the solution then seemed to be -
insert a floppy. However, I haven`t seen it posted for some time until now. I
have an external albeit not permanently linked to a notebook (can`t recall
when I used it last), but have never been able to produce the same symtoms
when I have. I have a theory it may be related to the `seek order` set in
your BIOS settings at boot time. Its just a theory and I may be way off base.

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

I'm not sure whether you are seeing a bug, or something more subtle. Even a
custom scan does a quickscan first. So, if a quickscan would reference
something off a floppy, this would happen. I'm inclined towards bug,
though...

 

[Guest]

FYI Mr Sanderson. The first major upgrade to the engine changed things. If
nothing is found in the custom folder, then additional scanning is bypassed.

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

Thanks--perhaps my information is out of date--will recheck!

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[Guest]

with a quick scan there is no problem

only with a full scan then my light from my floppy goes on and there is a
noise for a few seconds and then te scanner goes on

never ever found anything from spyware during a scan

never happend with the older engine , only with the new one.