How Good Is Your Antivirus Test

[AndrewBarker]

If you have recently done the antivirus test with the live viri, even after you have deleted the downloaded rar and the folder which you have extracted to

you could still have live viri on your comp.

they are safely quarantined - BUT THEY ARE STILL THERE!

I recommend to delete all quarantined files from the test, empty your recycle bin, and do a full system scan - then you can't accidentally bring them back in the future

No need to panic - better to be safe than sorry :)

[100%]

I recommend to delete all quarantined files from the test, empty your recycle bin, and do a full system scan - then you can't accidentally bring them back in the future

Right-nearly forgot

[DVD PIRATE III]

Good point..just incase lots of people dont know where the viruses are,,Standard procedure for them to be in the quarintine..theyre safe as in there..

[DVD PIRATE III]

I just delete them from my quarintine..I aint doing a full system scan though..you know how long it takes to scan 2x120GB hard drives?

But good point bringing it up..After today Id say people should be more aware of these things

[DWk]

Originally posted by DVD PIRATE III@11 January 2004 - 06:00
you know how long it takes to scan 2x120GB hard drives?
Like an hour at the most?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by DVD PIRATE III@11 January 2004 - 12:00
...you know how long it takes to scan 2x120GB hard drives?
not as long as it takes to scan one 80GB, one 120GB and one 250GB drive? :)

[DVD PIRATE III]

But Im scanning mine over a network :(
and it takes a bit longer...I dont have any antivirus programs on my comp at the moment till I can find a decent one ..especially after those virus tests we ran today guys...lol :lol:

[AndrewBarker]

bump - to keep it on same page as test

[Supernode]

How to flush the quarantin in symantec corporate 8.1?

[nostalgia]

Also delete your restorepoints if systemrestore is enabled on Me and XP machines. The .CAB file containing the restorepoint will also contain the viruses.

[fkdup74]

Originally posted by AndrewBarker@11 January 2004 - 04:19
you could still have live viri on your comp.

they are safely quarantined - BUT THEY ARE STILL THERE!


yeah, and since this topic seems targeted at newbies,
you may have to disable system restore (win xp users)
before your next reboot to totally insure you're rid of em ;)

just some FYI :)

edit - nostalgia covered that while i was typing my post :lol:

[nostalgia]

Originally posted by FKDUP74@11 January 2004 - 19:48
edit - nostalgia covered that while i was typing my post :lol:
Normally I'm not that fast in typing :lol:

[fkdup74]

Originally posted by nostalgia@11 January 2004 - 11:55
Normally I'm not that fast in typing :lol:
:lol: then you can see how REALLY slow i am :lol:

[DVD PIRATE III]

i thought of the "disable system restore" thing late last night when I was lying in bed, but i was too lazy to get back up and post it here...
Good to see people covered that angle ..Good one guys