Fernando,
Sometimes AV software packages give out false positives. I recently installed
AVG on a server and it found some odd Trojan. More than likely a false
positive. If a file is indeed infected, many times the virus will
rename/replace the working file. The AV file will remove the infected file and
your .exe should be ok. I have heard that on Vista - actual DLL's that get
infected are actually replaced and when detected by an AV software the DLL's
cannot be replaced thus causing issues within Vista.
--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Another question on pc antivirus.
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:14 AM
> Hope you can stand another one ...
>
> Suppose I download a file and my resident AV shouts
> "don't panic,
> there's a trojan in the Downloads folder, recommended
> action: quarantine"
> So, I proceed as advised.
> What is it supposed to happen thereafter ?
> Is the .exe now functional and safe? - i.e.: does the av
> remove the
> trojan or whatever without damage of the infected file ?
> It could be that the entire .exe is a virus, but that's
> not what worries me.
>
> More to come: stand fast, please.
>
> Fernando.
>
>
>
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