AVG Cleaning

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by dalkiel, Aug 22, 2006.

  1. dalkiel

    dalkiel Private First Class

    Does AVG clean any viruses/trojans etc? I noticed there is a "heal" option but doesnt seem to work. I had a trojan so i right clicked and pressed heal and the message i recieved was "this option is not available in this object" or something to that effect.

    On the another scan the healing function failed. Is it something wrong with AVG (I have all the latest updates) or is it a stripped down version
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    AVG (like any antivirus application) can only heal (fix) certain infections. Some infections cannot be healed and must be deleted. Sometimes the antivirus applications also cannot even delete the infected files due to the nature of the infection.

    If you are having malware problems that you need help removing, please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.


    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:

      • [*]runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
        [*]newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • CounterSpy - ONLY IF you were not able to run Windows Defender
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     

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