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Location: Originally from Salinas, Ca...but currently reside in Fresno, CA.
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Two AVG Question.....
Hi and thank you for taking the time to read and hopefully respond to my question.
I Installed the free AVG antivirus last week and at first it was detecting several trojans and some adware. Since I installed the AVG, I do a scan every night and the trojans are no longer being detected. Upon completion of the scan, I view the details and it states the the trojans were put in the AVG vault. 1...Are the Trojans no longer a threat? The adware is still being detected and the result of the scan just states that it is "potentially dangerous".It's located in a file that starts with HKU 2...What do I need to do so AVG can take care of this problem? I'm not really computer literate but I can figure somethings out on my own. I'd really appreciate any feedback and comments. Thank again for taking the time to read and hopefully respond to my post. Thanks......... |
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Re: Two AVG Question.....
Hello, FunkySpaceMan74, and welcome to TSF.
1...Are the Trojans no longer a threat? Correct. Once they are in the vault, they have been rendered inert. You can either leave them there, or remove them finally from the machine from within the application interface. http://free.avg.com/faq.num-1244#faq_1244 Quote:
Depends...HKU is a registry location. There's usually a long string of data associated with such entries. Do you have the complete entry? More specifically, does AVG give you the option to fix it? If so, then it's up to you to decide if you agree with AVG's report, and have it fix what it finds. Googling the entire data string, or just parts of it, can help you come to that decision.
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