"I/O Errors"?? what does it mean?

[geckoman]

OK.... so, I finally managed to get Kaspersky virus scan to run on my desktop (see post below).. it's about 70% done, no viruses, but it says I've got 17 "I/O Errors" ... what is that, and would that cause my desktop to run slower than a snail in cold molasses?

 

[geckoman]

so... I ended up with 36 I/O errors.... I'm not sure what they are, how to fix them, or what impact they may have on the machine.... any suggestions?

 

[waldog]

I/O errors are generated when the AV program cannot access the files because they are open. Not a big deal.

See here for more

http://antivirus.open.ac.uk/faqs.htm