What do the error codes in the logs of McAfee Antivirus refer to?
Last modified date:
2023-03-24
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McAfee Antivirus logs the following errors after being used:
| error:# | Error message | What the error message means |
|---|---|---|
| err:0 | #define AVS_NOERROR 0 | No scanning problems encountered |
| err:1 | #define AVS_NOTEXECUTABLE 1 | File does not have an extension recognised as executable |
| err:2 | #define AVS_LOCKED 2 | Data could not be read from/written to the object |
| err:3 | #define AVS_ENCRYPTED 3 | File is encrypted and scanner is unable to decrypt |
| err:4 | #define AVS_OUTOFMEMORY 4 | File could be scanned if more memory was available |
| err:5 | #define AVS_DRIVERFAILURE 5 | The database failed (database possibly corrupt) |
| err:6 | #define AVS_COMPONENTFAILURE 6 | Critical engine failure |
| err:7 | #define AVS_LOADFAILURE 7 | Loading support DLL failed |
| err:8 | #define AVS_NOREADACCESS 8 | Permission denied to open the file |
| err:9 | #define AVS_CIRCULARLINK 9 | The file is a link to itself |
| err:10 | #define AVS_BCSFILE 10 | The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file |
| err:11 | #define AVS_OBJECTINCORRECT 11 | Not the expected object (i.e. a directory when expected a file) |
| err:12 | #define AVS_CALLERDENIED 12 | Caller denied engine access to either scan or repair |
| err:13 | #define AVS_ZEROLENGTH 13 | Object is zero length and is therefore unscannable (assumed clean) |
| err:14 | #define AVS_CORRUPTED 14 | File is probably corrupted |
| err:15 | #define AVS_DELDENIED 15 | File deletion denied by the engine (compressed & office files) |
| err:16 | #define AVS_RENDENIED 16 | File rename denied by the engine (compressed & office files) |
| err:17 | #define AVS_NOREPAIRINFO 17 | No repair section in driver |
| err:18 | #define AVS_COMPRESSCORRUPTED 18 | Compressed file is corrupted |
| err:19 | #define AVS_SYMBOLICLINK 19 | The file/directory is a symbolic link |
| err:20 | #define AVS_DELETEREBOOT 20 | The file will be deleted on reboot |
| err:21 | #define AVS_PROCESSNOTRUNNING 21 | The process does not exist |
| err:22 | #define AVS_EXCLUDED 22 | The object has not been scanned due to it being excluded by AVP_EXCLUDE |
| err:23 | #define AVS_CLEANLOOPLIMIT 23 | The object has been attempted to be cleaned upto the maximum limit defined. It is still infected. |
| err:24 | #define AVS_NESTINGLIMIT 24 | The object was not scanned because the nesting limit has been hit |
| err:25 | #define AVS_NOTIDENTIFIED 25 | The object cannot be cleaned because the detect_type was not AVD_IDENTIFIEDVIRUS |
| err:26 | #define AVS_UNSUPPORTED 26 | The object is not supported |
| err:27 | #define AVS_OFFLINEFILE 27 | The object is offline |
