Howdy!
I haven't been able to do a full scan of my C drive in some time (back in June I think). I am running the current version of clamwin (0.91.2 - removed and reinstalled just to be safe) and have all the latest patches for Windows XP.

When I run a scan, after an hour or so, the machine will shut down. Since there are no logs generated until after the scan is completed, I can't determine which file was being scanned when the kernel panic occured.

I cleaned out some large (4-7Mb) .msi files (iTunes install files I think) and the scan went further than before, but still eventually shut down the machine.

I haven't seen the machine shut down like this unless I am running a scan.

Any ideas?

-- Scott

clamwin scanner is a usermode process and can't cause kernel panic. Most likely you either have a corrupt filesystem (check disk for errors) or a problem with one of the kernel drivers, such as another resident AV or something else.

See if you can scan your drive a section at a time, and maybe then it would be easier to find where the panic occurs--Windows, Programs, Documents/Settings, etc. Once you locate the directory, then scan a subfolder at a time. Once you locate the subfolder, then scan a subdirectory at a time. Once you locate the subdirectory, then scan a file at a time. Get the idea? May take a while.

You might be able to shortcut things if you can recall any new programs that you have added during the period when you didn't scan with ClamWin and start from there.

Regards,

Ran a CHKDSK - the volume is clean.

>> See if you can scan your drive a section at a time
Yeah, that was my last resort. I was hoping for a command line option that would display the filename it was processing so I could redirect to a file.


-- Scott

still crashing?
go in system properties -> Advanced -> startup and recovery
and uncheck automatically restart so you can see what is the error

Well apparently the CHKDSK silently fixed something. I scanned each directory individually and they all passed with flying colors (with the exception of the Thunderbird FreeGame false alarm). Any chance of getting clamwin integrated with Thunderbird anytime soon?

Since it takes ~5 hours to do a full scan of my C drive, I'll have to wait until this weekend before I can scan the drive in a single go and verify that the problem no longer occurs.

I was dreading having to replace the drive - although it is probably time to clean off some of the cruft that has been gathering over the years. I am astonished at all of the M$ install/uninstall crap left around...

Thanks for all your help!

-- Scott