AFAIK, Alex is correct.
It would depend on the virus cleaning software and the
virus/malware/trojan/worm you're trying to remedy. Typically, AV software
run using the system account or some other account with elevated privileges.
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: You can log on as any user with administrators or power users priviledge
to
: run the virus scanning software and remove the virus. I believe many
: software, like Symantec, has a centralized software where you can clean
the
: virus remotely without having to visit the user's pc.
:
: Alex L.
:
:
: : > When running a Virus Cleaning Program to remove a nasty
: > worm we've picked up, is it necessary to log onto each
: > individual infected workstation as that workstation's
: > user, or can i log on locally as the computers
: > administrator, perform the cleaning, then log out,
: > allowing the user to log into their workstation (and thus
: > our network domain) and continue as before the virus?
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