delete it,quarantine just keep the virus inside ur hdd

thanks. another question. there are viruses that cannot be deleted. can they be deleted after we have rebooted our pc?

if not wrong, quarantine will isolate the virus in an inactive condition but still keeping it in your pc for restoration


This post has been edited by fru!tlo0p: Sep 10 2006, 11:33 PM

for restoration? wat for? i tot the viruses are useless?

in case your system or any software running improperly

Currently my desktop is protected by AntiVir. It detected the Brontok H virus and unfortunately, the virus had infected my HDD. One question, why I cannot delete the virus? Why the AntiVir put the infected files into quarantine? What shall I do to remove the virus from my HDD?

My laptop is currently installed McAfree. Yesterday it expired. I do not want to renew it. So now only my personal firewall plus is working only. In your opinion, when I download a new anti virus software, do you all think that i should delete the McAfree or keep it?

This post has been edited by jANe87: Sep 12 2006, 11:18 AM

An antivirus program usually enables us to choose either delete or quarantine any detected virus, i think Antivir as well. Maybe some of the experienced Antivir users here can show u.


I cant find any reason why u still need to keep it since it has already expired & u do not want to renew it. Perhaps, it will only waste ur hdd space and conflict between the 2 antivirus programs probably occur.

This post has been edited by fru!tlo0p: Sep 12 2006, 06:45 PM

kaspersky got 30days trial rite? after that u hv to purchase it? i heard its a good software

any anti virus that can cure brontox worm? when i use NOD32 it can detect but other thn that is nothing much can do liao summore urgent... now using norton coz cant find any antivirus with me beside the one come with my mobo driver.... hehe sad...

well im using avast currently. Wasn't happy with my previous AVG cause it couldn't scan Brontok virus or something. However Avast did it, and its worth using!

@idevonz, kaspersky is worth to invest as it detects virus & malware effectively but then u tradeoff with negligible lag sometimes. I switched frm NAV after my PC was affected by malware, NAV able to detect but the malware already invaded my PC

I have installed the AntiVir classic edition in my laptop. In your opinion, shall I installed the Ad-Aware? I am very confused with these two softwares...

My vote goes to Avast

Kaspersky Antivirus.

one is prone to virus detection while the other one is to fight internet malicious ware (ex. malware), these two serve for different purposes although some are overlapping, u should install ad-adware on top of antivir IMO

thanks for your opinion

Ad-aware is for fighting Spyware and so on. Antivir is for fighting viruses. Please do not confuse both of them!!!

They are for security purposes, but not the same thing.

Wrong section, but I'll try to help anyway.
Is your NOD32 up to date? If not, run the update and scan again.
If it fails to remove the worm, run the scan in safe mode.
Or... google for 'Brontok Washer'.
Or... search this forum for 'CleanX'.

Back to the topic... I vote for NOD32, for obvious reasons. (Virtually everything that has been said by NOD32 supporters)
I found out about NOD32 in LYN.

Worst popular AV, IMHO, is NAV. Primarily because it is such a resource hog.

Norton Internet Security is even worse:
http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/wha..._windows_down/3

avast is a good antivirus but after you install it, you notice that your computer run even slower. maybe they are running the scanning quietly but when it detect virus in my computer, i also don know how to handle it. delete it or keep it in virus chest.

If the virus file is not one of your important files, then delete it. But if you are afraid of unexpected problems cropping up after deleting the file, then keep in virus chest. No harm in just locking it up.