Showing posts with label Symantec AntiVirus cannot perform this action on 1 of the files you selected. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Symantec AntiVirus cannot perform this action on 1 of the files you selected. Show all posts

13 September, 2012

Symantec AntiVirus cannot perform this action on 1 of the files you selected

Symantec Antivirus found a virus called Trojan.Fakeavalert on my computer.   It is located at C:\windows\system32 and is file C:\windows\system32\sp.dll.   The filescan found it, but "clean failed.  Quarantine failed. Access denied."  I went into Windows and tried to delete it but could not.
The error messages that I received are as follows:


Resolution:
Found this link which has a very detailed explanation regarding problem description as well as the steps that we need to resolve this issue.