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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:280520041043342540%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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?


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.

"Spacen Jasset" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
news:c97qui$4ft$(E-Mail Removed)
>> "E-Star" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:280520041043342540%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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.

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:
[snip]
> Whats the deal with AVG? Shouldn't it deal with them at time of
> discovery?

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.

In article <c97qui$4ft$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...

> 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.
>
Ahhh...the joys of NOD32 and its daily or more updates...


--
Conor

I started with nothing and I still have most of it left.

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.

That should be everything except "Disable Resident Shield"... };8)

--
The Tech Zero, Maxx Pollare - Traveling the world without moving...

Tech Zero wrote:
> 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.
>
> That should be everything except "Disable Resident Shield"... };8)

Right, and thanks : )

On Fri, 28 May 2004 16:45:41 GMT, E-Star <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>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?

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

"DMSmitty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 28 May 2004 16:45:41 GMT, E-Star <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> 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
>

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
:
: "DMSmitty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:(E-Mail Removed)...
:: On Fri, 28 May 2004 16:45:41 GMT, E-Star <(E-Mail Removed)>
:: 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?