Re: AVG

Artur <a@xxxxx> wrote:
I have been using the AVG Free Edition ver. 7.5.472.
When it detects a virus the AVG Resident Shield window
is displayed.
It contains 4 options: Ignore, Info, Heal and Move to Vault
It waits for my decision for some seconds only.
It is possible that I am far from the computer when it appears.

My questions are::
1) What happens when I don't answer?
2) Where and how could I set what I want the AVG to do
when I don't answer?

Right click the AVG icon in the tray by the clock,
choose "Launch AVG Test Center"
At the top of the Test Center window click "Tests",
choose "Complete Test Settings"
Check the box labeled "Automatically heal infected files" and
whatever else you want to do when scanning.
Click OK.

Thank you very much.
I have one more question. I heard that not all viruses/files can be
healed. What happens in such case?

If the infected file is in use at the time it's detected try
scanning from safe mode. The file could be contained in your system
restore in which case you can turn off restore in control
panel/system restart the computer, then enable restore again. That
would clean the restore out and get rid of the infected files if
they are in restore. You can also search online for the identified
virus/trojan and find
manual removal instructions. Symantec, McAfee, etc all have good
information on manually removing stubborn viruses.
You can ask here for help also. David, Art et. al. are experts and
can give you quick and good advice.

Thanks again.
I knew about scanning in safe mode and turning off restore to get rid
of a virus from my system restore.
My question was what AVG did when it detected a virus that couldn't
be healed - is it ignored or sent to vault (providing I told it to heal
infected
files automatically). I think that I should look at the AVG Test
Results section more often.
Regards,
Artur

Artur,

Its renamed and sent to the virus vault to prevent it from executing.
What I used to do was let AVG put them in the vault. Once I was sure the
machine I was working on was clean, I'd empty the vault.


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