Re: Bittorent Download Errors - Debian 9.2.1

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 02:00:46PM -0700, Stan Lubiak wrote:
>> Those were the only errors reported. I downloaded 9.2.0 after I got the 9.2.1
>> errors. Vuse+/BitDefender did not report any errors with that download. I have
>> not yet performed an install, only a download.
> 
> Then I'm stumped as to what on earth it's complaining about. :-/
> 
>> FYI, The following is from the Vuse+ website:
>> 
>> • Every hour of every day, BitDefender updates its virus database with the
>>   latest protection against viruses, scams and malware. Then every time you
>>   download a new file with Vuze Plus, its built-in BitDefender protection
>>   first checks to make sure it has downloaded new definitions within the last
>>   four hours.
>> • "Unable to scan" - there are a number of reasons that a file may fail to
>>   scan. Usually it is related to having moved a file from its default
>>   download location while it is still in your Vuze Library. Vuze can no
>>   longer locate the file, so it cannot scan it for malware.
>> 
>> I did not do anything differently for the 9.2.0 vs 9.2.1 downloads, & did not
>> move, modify, or perform any other actions on the downloaded files. Plus, the
>> two .tar files are contained within the .iso.
> 
> What do you mean by that last sentence, exactly? The only places those
> files might be showing up are inside the file
> python-wstools_0.4.3-3_all.deb. It might be instructive to just scan
> that one file, if you can work out how to do that.

Vuse downloaded the entire .iso as a single file, which is a container for all the files in the disk image. My understanding is that BitDefender opened the .iso & then accessed/scanned the individual constituent files.
> 
> Oh, hmmm... Silly question - is the cause something as silly as you
> running out of disk space, or filesystem corruption on your machine?
> 

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)

2.1TB (851GB free)

Scanned disk - no errors.

I’ll look into scanning the files you mentioned.

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