i doownloaded avg and run a virus scan and it fond like 5000 threats under warnings after finished, if i click remove all unhealed infections is there a risk i will lose my documents so say my work is infected will it remove my work
thanks in aDVANCE
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1 cajunspike1959 // May 8, 2008
Let it fix it.
there are very few viruses that attach to documents.
I've yet to see a case where AVG removed something personal, in my 4 years of using it.
Just look at the names of the files it finds. If none of the files are things you created, let it run.
2 WyzoMan // May 8, 2008
First of all, AVG isn't very good at all. Try Avira.
Secondly, I advise that you take all your documents and put them on a disc or something so you can have them backed up, best is an external Hard Drive.
Thirdly, your documents shouldnt be infected seeing as infections tend to attack the core windows files and not other files like docs. But if in the case they are, then AVG may just quarantine them [move them to a vault]. However this shouldnt happen.
Lastly, make sure that you scan again and again, [should do it with Avira] and download SUPERAntispyware. It is brilliant.
AVIRA:
http://www.filehippo.com/download/cf0aaee7731b61df91f115f6480e08b4/download/
SUPERAntispyware:
http://www.filehippo.com/download/a56df29778b04ebde93939bf03e837ec/download/
Hope this helps!
Email me if you must.
3 shag1233 // May 8, 2008
No, it will remove the infections on the file, not the file itself. And having used AVG if it need to remove a file, it will ask you if you need to quarnteen (sp?), delete, or ignore a file. And congrats 5000 infections sounds like a record. Lol
Best of luck
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