Help with AVG

colt1911 · 09-26-2007, 10:08 PM

I have a friend who is using AVG and is trying to delete a virus but the only option AVG gives is to quarantine the virus. Is he missing something that will allow him to delete it? I use Avast and could not find any answers for him. Thanks

pip1011261 · 09-27-2007, 01:17 AM

Once quarantined cant you go into the virus vault and delete it?

colt1911 · 09-27-2007, 02:04 AM

The only thing I know about AVG is what he is telling me but I'll ask about the vault. Thanks for the help.

StrangleHold · 09-27-2007, 02:53 AM

Not running AVG on anything right now but I think you can set it to just delete it instead of leaving a copy in quarantine, but like said above you can just delete them in the virus vault.

PC eye · 09-27-2007, 03:44 AM

When AVG first points out a virus of some type you know the location for manual deletion on the spot. That would be the advice for any more that come along. Once in the vault it's simply a browse into the folder and manual deletion to see that gone if AVG won't delete it for some reason. In a virus vault the infected file is compressed into an archive similar to a rar or zip file there.

09-26-2007, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
colt1911 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 654	Help with AVG I have a friend who is using AVG and is trying to delete a virus but the only option AVG gives is to quarantine the virus. Is he missing something that will allow him to delete it? I use Avast and could not find any answers for him. Thanks __________________ Vista Home Premium 64bit Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Intel Q9450 w/ Zalman 9700 cooler Corsair XMS2 PC 6400C4 DDR2 -800 ( 4 gigs ) Evga 8800GTS 512mb ( G92 ) w/ Acer P221w 22" LCD Seagate 500Gb 32mb cache Sata 2 WD 500gb 16mb cache Sata 2 w/ WD 250 Sata 2 2 Asus Sata DVD Burners Ultra Aluminus Full Tower w/ Antec Neopower 650 watt PSU Asus Xonar 7.1 Pci card w/ Logitech Z5500 speakers

09-27-2007, 02:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
colt1911 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 654	The only thing I know about AVG is what he is telling me but I'll ask about the vault. Thanks for the help. __________________ Vista Home Premium 64bit Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Intel Q9450 w/ Zalman 9700 cooler Corsair XMS2 PC 6400C4 DDR2 -800 ( 4 gigs ) Evga 8800GTS 512mb ( G92 ) w/ Acer P221w 22" LCD Seagate 500Gb 32mb cache Sata 2 WD 500gb 16mb cache Sata 2 w/ WD 250 Sata 2 2 Asus Sata DVD Burners Ultra Aluminus Full Tower w/ Antec Neopower 650 watt PSU Asus Xonar 7.1 Pci card w/ Logitech Z5500 speakers

09-27-2007, 02:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,504	Not running AVG on anything right now but I think you can set it to just delete it instead of leaving a copy in quarantine, but like said above you can just delete them in the virus vault. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

09-27-2007, 03:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	When AVG first points out a virus of some type you know the location for manual deletion on the spot. That would be the advice for any more that come along. Once in the vault it's simply a browse into the folder and manual deletion to see that gone if AVG won't delete it for some reason. In a virus vault the infected file is compressed into an archive similar to a rar or zip file there. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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09-27-2007, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
pip1011261 Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany: Autobahn 220kph Age: 26 Posts: 306	Once quarantined cant you go into the virus vault and delete it?

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