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GJM · May 14, 2008

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=93918

I'll try to sum it up as I had a similar problem. An exe file I was running was working fine and one day it stopped. (It still worked on other computers).

We'd get this message:

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

I couldn't run it, copy it, move it etc, etc.

It could be run in safe mode.

And the ultimate solution was to remove the AVG free AV program as the above thread by Vast41 (post #58) pointed out.

I copied it here for you convenience:

Matacumbie your the best man, I solved the issue, when I downloaded the file, I scanned the file with AVG a Virus was shown but I ignored it and I did not take any action against the file, I let it be. Apparently it did something not allowing me to access it. I didn't know how to disable AVG other then, going through System Configuration Utility, so I uninstalled it, and guess what it works now. Now my question is, can I reinstall AVG if I want to keep running this file? It's really not harmful to my machine, but I am gonna check with some experts on that shortly. So in recapping, I could not get this file to run with the exception of running it in safe mode which meant some file in normal mode was preventing the execution of this file, it basically was a process of elimination. I uninstalled the following AVG Free Edition, Spysweeper, and Zone Alarm, but it was AVG Free Edition that was the culprit.

I wanna shout out the following and thank you Very, Very much, Matacumbie AKA Steve and Prometheos you two stayed with me the whole time. I wanna thank Hipster Doofus,Lowan,Technaut and even Chaslang who didn't post here but whom I help will assist me when I enter his area of expertise shortly with my next question. Thanks to you all.
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Matacumbie Then suggested posting the problem here.

...I'm glad to see you plan on posting in the Malware Forum. Those guy's are real expert's and will get it straightened out for you, they will also be better qualified to answer those questions about reinstalling AVG and using the file.
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Any idea why AVG would cause the problem if the file was not harmful?

chaslang · May 14, 2008

Welcome to Major Geeks!

GJM said: ↑

Any idea why AVG would cause the problem if the file was not harmful?
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Unless you tell us the name of the file ( which that user did not do in his early messages at leas) and where it is located then no we cannot answer the question. We cannot even say that AVG was wrong in stopping the file from running. Perhaps it was a potentially harmful program. Per the users message in post # 58, AVG said it was infected. The purpose of an AV program is to block the execution of infected files and no where in that thread was it actually decided that this was a false detection.

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