AVG is one step behind.

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Once again AVG 6 free-edition detected a virus and didn't do anything
about it, except tell me I had one and that I should run AVG
Anti-Virus. After doing a complete test....I had 3!!!

The one that AVG detected was Downloader.Small.6.F
I didn't copy down the names of the other 2.

Whats the deal with AVG? Shouldn't it deal with them at time of
discovery?
 
E-Star said:
Once again AVG 6 free-edition detected a virus and didn't do anything
about it, except tell me I had one and that I should run AVG
Anti-Virus. After doing a complete test....I had 3!!!

The one that AVG detected was Downloader.Small.6.F
I didn't copy down the names of the other 2.

Whats the deal with AVG? Shouldn't it deal with them at time of
discovery?
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Well maybe after an update of signatures is found one in a file you
accessed. Then it found two more when you did a complete scan.

Being careful what you download, patch, and delete suspect emails, will
greatly reduce your chance of getting a virus, those little things make a
big difference.
 
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And, a "catch" of a virus can only happen AFTER the
virus has been sent and noticed - as a general rule.
But hey, it was free, and it IS a great prog! At least
here that's true.

Pop
 
E-Star wrote:
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Whats the deal with AVG? Shouldn't it deal with them at time of
discovery?
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My AVG does deal with them.
Here's what to do.
Open AVG control center by right clicking the AVG tray icon.
On the "Resident Shield" tab, check all boxes, including "ask what to do next".
Click OK.

When you scan a file, let's say a download or something, and you are told
it's a virus by AVG, run AVG as requested and click "tests>custom tests"
and have it scan the folder you put the file in, or even the whole hard drive.
When it finds the virus AVG will ask you if you want to heal it. If it can't
be healed it can go in the virus vault. If it's in restore or is in use you will have
to deal with it manually.
 
Well maybe after an update of signatures is found one in a file you
accessed. Then it found two more when you did a complete scan.
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Ahhh...the joys of NOD32 and its daily or more updates...
 
The voice of "Sanjaya" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

Open AVG control center by right clicking the AVG tray icon.
On the "Resident Shield" tab, check all boxes, including "ask what
to do next". Click OK.
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That should be everything except "Disable Resident Shield"... };8)
 
Tech said:
The voice of "Sanjaya" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...



That should be everything except "Disable Resident Shield"... };8)
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Right, and thanks : )
 
Once again AVG 6 free-edition detected a virus and didn't do anything
about it, except tell me I had one and that I should run AVG
Anti-Virus. After doing a complete test....I had 3!!!

The one that AVG detected was Downloader.Small.6.F
I didn't copy down the names of the other 2.

Whats the deal with AVG? Shouldn't it deal with them at time of
discovery?
Click to expand...

On many occasions I have used Free AVG on customer computers
and successfully removed them. I think Free AVG automatically removes
them after the scan is completed. What difference does it make when
it removes them as long as it removes them?

A customer came in and we installed Free AVG. She had 12 different
viruses infecting over 400+ files. Free AVG removed everyone of
them. It was verified by Trend Micro's online scanner.

BTW: She had no firewall, no antivirus, no spy ware removal tool.

Dan
 
The difference on my machine is about 10 minutes. There is no argument here,
NAV and any other product I've used take care of a virus upon detection on
the particular file involved. AVG appears not to, and while this may not be
a problem of earth shattering proportions, one does cause to wonder why it
is so and speaking for myself would prefer it not to be so. Other than that
I really like AVG.
Dave Cohen
 
Dave Cohen wrote:
: The difference on my machine is about 10 minutes. There is no
: argument here, NAV and any other product I've used take care of a
: virus upon detection on the particular file involved. AVG appears not
: to, and while this may not be a problem of earth shattering
: proportions, one does cause to wonder why it is so and speaking for
: myself would prefer it not to be so. Other than that I really like
: AVG.
: Dave Cohen
:
: :: On Fri, 28 May 2004 16:45:41 GMT, E-Star <[email protected]>
:: wrote:
::
<snip>
::
:: On many occasions I have used Free AVG on customer computers
:: and successfully removed them. I think Free AVG automatically
:: removes them after the scan is completed. What difference does it
:: make when it removes them as long as it removes them?
::
:: A customer came in and we installed Free AVG. She had 12 different
:: viruses infecting over 400+ files. Free AVG removed everyone of
:: them. It was verified by Trend Micro's online scanner.
::
:: BTW: She had no firewall, no antivirus, no spy ware removal tool.
::
:: Dan

I haven't tried AVG for a while. I uninstalled it because it wasn't
scanning zip files, nor was it scanning my whole computer. I was going
to give it another try till someone asked me why recently it wasn't
scanning certain files. The software even had a popup to say it didn't
scan them and the reason why is that the file was in use.
What good is a AV if it doesn't do it's job? When I removed
AVG some time ago and installed a new AV, the new AV found a
virus in one of the files that AVG wasn't scanning. It was a zip file.
Lucky for me I hadn't opened that file. Is AVG scanning zip files yet?
What is up with it not scanning files in use?
 
I have a folder with lots of rar files and it takes some time to get
through it....I'm assuming it checks those. As for zip files I have no
idea.
 
I haven't tried AVG for a while. I uninstalled it because it wasn't
scanning zip files, nor was it scanning my whole computer. I was going
to give it another try till someone asked me why recently it wasn't
scanning certain files. The software even had a popup to say it didn't
scan them and the reason why is that the file was in use.
What good is a AV if it doesn't do it's job? When I removed
AVG some time ago and installed a new AV, the new AV found a
virus in one of the files that AVG wasn't scanning. It was a zip file.
Lucky for me I hadn't opened that file. Is AVG scanning zip files yet?
What is up with it not scanning files in use?
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I just tested a floppy with a zip of four virus. AVG detected them.
Using v6.0.693 [9/2/03], virus database 453.

BoB
 
That should be everything except "Disable Resident Shield"... };8)
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Do you recommend enabling "Use heuristics?" The default installation
leaves it unchecked.
 
The voice of "Joseph Morlan" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...
Do you recommend enabling "Use heuristics?" The default
installation leaves it unchecked.
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Sure why not. It slowed things down a bit on two older systems my
friends have (both under 800MHz boxes), but other then that...

Hey, every "bit" helps... };8)
 
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