Re: Virus detected

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:07:24 -0500, "Kathy" <> wrote:

>I finally got around to updating my AV program today and it detected a
>virus... Startpage.DF
>
>I guess now it's gone because the AV program said that it put it in
>the vault and it made a new folder called $vault$avg. Okay, my
>question is this, when it goes into the vault, is it actually gone? I
>know dumb question, but I am curious. I guess all it is is a trojan.


It's probably moved the file to the valut, rather than deleting it.
Have you thought to look in the valut? After all, it's right there on
the Program menu.

Gordon Findlay

Kathy,
The virus vault has a help file which gives this description :

The AVG Virus Vault
When AVG detects a virus that cannot be removed by healing, it uses a
special way of deleting the infected file - AVG moves it to the AVG Virus
Vault.
What is the AVG Virus Vault?
The AVG Virus Vault is a special directory that stores infected files. The
name of the files are changed and their content is encrypted so they cannot
be used and virus infection cannot spread. It is almost the same as ordinary
deleting techniques; however, the AVG Virus Vault gives you the ability to
restore the files, if necessary.

Hope this helps,

JM

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JonathanMiles at uk2 dot net


"Gordon Findlay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:07:24 -0500, "Kathy" <> wrote:
>
> >I finally got around to updating my AV program today and it detected a
> >virus... Startpage.DF
> >
> >I guess now it's gone because the AV program said that it put it in
> >the vault and it made a new folder called $vault$avg. Okay, my
> >question is this, when it goes into the vault, is it actually gone? I
> >know dumb question, but I am curious. I guess all it is is a trojan.
>
>
> It's probably moved the file to the valut, rather than deleting it.
> Have you thought to look in the valut? After all, it's right there on
> the Program menu.
>


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