AVG virus vault

If it's got a Virus "BIN IT"

Paul.

 

Lo All

Have a number of virus' the vault. Went to "clear" the vault and got a
message " are yo sure you want to clear?

Which got me thinking that perhaps i shouldn't clear it out.

Checked thru the help files but although i found info on the vault it didn't
mention about clearing it out specifically.

Did find a section on "healing" the file that contained the virus but it is
not working - all the other items in the tool bar seem to be operational
except the healing one.

Is it ok to just clear the vault out or do i have to leave them in there
indefinately?

cheer

D

 

| Lo All
|
| Have a number of virus' the vault. Went to "clear" the vault and got a
| message " are yo sure you want to clear?
|
| Which got me thinking that perhaps i shouldn't clear it out.
|
| Checked thru the help files but although i found info on the vault it
didn't
| mention about clearing it out specifically.
|
| Did find a section on "healing" the file that contained the virus but it
is
| not working - all the other items in the tool bar seem to be operational
| except the healing one.
|
| Is it ok to just clear the vault out or do i have to leave them in there
| indefinately?
|
| cheer
|
| D
|
Make list of the files it has in there. If you don't recognise the file,
check Google.com for that one to see if it is something you need to replace.
If not, delete it. For the most part, the only thing there is trash. If it
turns out to be a system file that needs replacing that can be done with
your Windows setup disks. So if you do need to replace a file, *don't*
replace it with the one that your AV quarantined.

Any file that isn't a system file might belong to other software that is
installed. Tracking them down isn't quite as easy. Sometimes you never do
find out, until a particular program doesn't run correctly.

And of course the third type of file would be data - word processor,
pictures, music, etc. If the AV can't clean the infected file, take your
losses and delete it.

 

i delete mine every time i get one

i dont want it thereand ive had no probs so far

 

Yo All

Thanks for taking the time to reply - much appreciated.

Gona go and check what and where they are then decide.

Cheers

D

 

Tim, in AVG 7 when it says the vault is full, are they referring to
it being fully activated?

 

| Toolman Tim wrote:
| > | > | Lo All
| > |
| > | Have a number of virus' the vault. Went to "clear" the vault and got
a
| > | message " are yo sure you want to clear?
| > |
| > | Which got me thinking that perhaps i shouldn't clear it out.
| > |
| > | Checked thru the help files but although i found info on the vault it
| > didn't
| > | mention about clearing it out specifically.
| > |
| > | Did find a section on "healing" the file that contained the virus but
it
| > is
| > | not working - all the other items in the tool bar seem to be
operational
| > | except the healing one.
| > |
| > | Is it ok to just clear the vault out or do i have to leave them in
there
| > | indefinately?
| > |
| > | cheer
| > |
| > | D
| > |
| > Make list of the files it has in there. If you don't recognise the file,
| > check Google.com for that one to see if it is something you need to
replace.
| > If not, delete it. For the most part, the only thing there is trash. If
it
| > turns out to be a system file that needs replacing that can be done with
| > your Windows setup disks. So if you do need to replace a file, *don't*
| > replace it with the one that your AV quarantined.
| >
| > Any file that isn't a system file might belong to other software that is
| > installed. Tracking them down isn't quite as easy. Sometimes you never
do
| > find out, until a particular program doesn't run correctly.
| >
| > And of course the third type of file would be data - word processor,
| > pictures, music, etc. If the AV can't clean the infected file, take your
| > losses and delete it.
| >
| >
| Tim, in AVG 7 when it says the vault is full, are they referring to
| it being fully activated?
|
Dunno...maybe someone else who uses AVG 7 can research that...I was writing
on the assumption that the AVG vault is similar to the quarantine folders
used by McAfee and Norton. In which case, it's a folder on the HD with no
significant limitations on number of entries.

 

try the forum http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/index.php
or the antivirus news group maybe

 

Tks

 

Tks good info.

 

welcome

 

Nope. It means the space allocated on your HD is full of crud. Double Click
on the systray icon>Click on V Vault this will show the space allocated.
Click on Open to deal with the contents.

 

Following your instructions, and opening the vault, It says "The
vault is empty" On the main window when I click the Virus vault
Button, under the main window above the 3 options buttons it says,
"Virus vault is full. Virus vault contains 0 files with a total of
0B. Size limit is 0B. (20% of the disk volume)" ??

 

PS: I am thinking that the translation from one language to another
plays a part in our understanding of what is being said. I have
noticed other places where the term full is used meaning activated
and working properly. ?? I am just using my guess here.

 

P: Must have some kind of glitch. Found a defective module override
button. It changed the Icon color and the warning color on the virus
vault. It still says the vault is full. But when opening the vault
it says its empty. I clicked the empty vault button then (Yes) on
next window. Nothing changed as far as it being empty or full. I am
at a loss now for sure and all my other ideas can be thrown out the
window.

 

This may be your problem. Open Virus Vault >press F8 >Drag slider to
right/configure size to more than zero, which is what I inderstand you to
say is the size of the vault. ( 0% size)

 

The slider bar was default at 10MB. I drug it 98 hit apply then took
it back to 20Mb hit apply no change what so ever. Vault still says full.

 

Mmm, Tricky. I can only suggest, the AVG forum or uninstall, remove Grisoft
directory, run a reg cleaner then reinstall. Sorry I can't be of more help.

 

Nothing to be sorry about, I will try the uninstall and then
everything else I can think of. Thanks for time and effort.

 

update That did the trick. Thank you ever so much.