Forums >Security Products >other anti-virus software >Antivir Luke filewalker. Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by minacross, Oct 21, 2006. Steps to Get Rid of Luke Filewalker. Following are the four methods to resolve the issue of Luke Filewalker in the antivirus software of Avira, called Avira AntiVir. I need to remove Avira from one of my laptops. I have Googled and something called Luke Filewalker, which is the Avira scanner sometimes does not remove itself. Luke Filewalker During a system scan, the status window Luke Filewalker appears, which provides you with exact information on the status of the scan.

I have Avira Antivirus installed on Windows 8.1 Pro 32bit system. When i click 'Scan system' button, UAC prompt is shown and I have to manually permit Avira's on-demand scanner - Luke Filewalker to run. Is this a normal behavior?

When Luke Filewalker runs I get more than hundred warnings that files or folders cannot be opened / accessed to scan. Portable Apps there. For example Luke Filewalker can't open files in Avira's own directory: C: ProgramData Avira Antivirus EVENTDB gavi3.db [WARNING] The file could not be opened! [NOTE] An attempt is being made to scan the file with the aid of the snapshot driver. C: ProgramData Avira Antivirus EVENTDB Logs C: ProgramData Avira Antivirus EVENTDB Logs edb.log [WARNING] The file could not be opened!

[NOTE] An attempt is being made to scan the file with the aid of the snapshot driver. C: ProgramData Avira Antivirus TEMP scaninfo(1928).tmp [WARNING] The file could not be opened! Also 'System Volume Information' folder cannot be accessed by on-demand scanner: C: System Volume Information C: System Volume Information [WARNING] System error [5]: Access is denied. More than hundred files can't be opened by Luke Filewalker.

Here is a link to my log file: I Dawn Of War Dark Crusade Patch 1.2. 've uninstalled Avira, used Avira Registry Cleaner and reinstalled it, but I get more warnings that files cannot be opened to scan. Sidney is correct on all points. I tried to answer this question on another post here, 'I would think the MS Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is in use for backup and restore operations with the support of the Volume Snapshot Service. This feature is used by System Restore, Windows Backup and Windows Server Backup. This service might even be in use when Windows Defender updates itself. Since the Volume Snapshot Service is not reporting an error you may want to check and see what backup jobs are running, if any. And, some disk imaging (backup) applications may run to capture the read and write request through a partition, therefore, any instances of a snapshot being created will freeze any application process.'

I hope this explanation helps. On the point about the User Account Control, the September 22, 2015 Avira change log on improvements, states: 'Add configuration if Scan start should show UAC or not' Michael.

Anti-virus software is used to free the computer from any virus attack, thus safeguarding it against any unwanted elements. It is designed to scan the device on which it is being used and find out any malware or virus that it is infected with.

Antivirus also helps to prevent such malware from being downloaded on the device. Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1. It carries out various functions like deleting and cleaning the infected files. A computer virus is an unwanted malware that makes the computer vulnerable and breaches the privacy and security of the information stored on the computer. To combat such viruses, antivirus softwares are used. One such antivirus software is Avira AntiVir. Avira GmbH & Co.