Re: Norton doesn't (or can't) scan "\System volume information\..." path?

From: kurt wismer (kurtw_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:29:13 -0500

Some Guy wrote:
> GTS wrote:
>
>
>>\System volume information\ is used to store System restore points
>>and Windows will not allow other programs to change these files.
>
>
> Situation:
>
> Connected a FAT32 drive (D:) to a system with an NTFS Win-XP pro drive
> (C:)
>
> XP booted and at some point created a \system volume information\
> directory on the D drive. While in XP, I can browse, delete, and move
> files within the D:\system volume information\ tree at will. I can't
> do any of those things with the C:\system volume information\ folder.

perfectly normal... the ntfs partition (C:) has file system permissions
  that prevent you from accessing it while the FAT32 partition doesn't
support file system permissions so it can't prevent you from accessing
anything...

> You can point Norton to the D:\system volume information\ folder and
> tell it to scan that folder, and it will go through the motions, but
> it will report 0 (zero) files scanned (there are 2 files there - a
> ..log file and the .SCR file in question).

perhaps norton has been designed to ignore that folder since it's so
often unscannable - just as many anti-virus products are designed to
ignore certain other objects (like the windows swap file)...

[snip]
> Using native system functions (my_computer, explorer) can you browse
> your C:\system volume information\ folder while running XP?

as a matter of fact you can, but you have to change the permissions on
the folder first...

> Will Norton Scan "?:\system volume information\" during a manual or
> scheduled scan (it appears the answer is no) or does virus discovery
> in that folder depend on some other program accessing files in that
> folder (it appears the answer is yes).

by default that is how things normally work, yes...

[snip]
> Clearly the permission structure is different.

there are no permissions on the FAT32 drive - FAT32 doesn't support that... 

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