phillyman2004 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) Trying to run a command prompt virus scan with AntiVir , and i keep getting this message , does anyone know of a way to get around this , i tried messing with the compatibility tab and still nothing right now googling trying to find an answerAny help is appriciatedEdit:An Application has attempted to directly access the hard disk , which cannot be supported .....blah blah blahWTF ? Edited June 10, 2005 by phillyman2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-hh Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Try and boot from a DOS boot disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyman2004 Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) Try and boot from a DOS boot disk.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>But will the dos boot allow me to scan a NTFS partition ?Rob Edited June 10, 2005 by phillyman2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Well, you cant use old utilities like this - they could damage your system. There is no workaround, download new AV cmd utility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyman2004 Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 Well, you cant use old utilities like this - they could damage your system. There is no workaround, download new AV cmd utility<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I just did download it , right from there website http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Soul Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 are you just interested in scanning your pc for viruses ? if so try an online scanner like pcpitstop.com you can scan for trojans and even tweak your pc with there advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyman2004 Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 are you just interested in scanning your pc for viruses ? if so try an online scanner like pcpitstop.com you can scan for trojans and even tweak your pc with there advice.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes i work as a Computer Tech , at a major retail chainWe do Virus and Spyware Removals , and i get this error thrown at me durring McAffee and AVG command line scannersWe dont/cant install the programs on the customers computers , too much hastle and most ask for activationRight now we use the free trend micro scanner , but this error confuses me Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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