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11-11-2008, 12:58 PM
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| Grab Life By The Balls  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan
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| AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component One popular free antivirus scanner recently created a world of woe for its users The world of computer security can be a scary place for friends and foes alike. This weekend users' found their AVG software updated with a new virus definition file. Then they quickly found their computers crashing. What was discovered was that the new virus definition file mistook user32.dll, a critical Windows component, for a container for the Trojan Horses PSW.Banker4.APSA or Generic9TBN. When the scanner went active, it deleted this critical file, thinking it contained a virus, causing the system to crash. AVG recommended users whose definitions auto-updated delete their virus definition file and cancel any scans they have running. DailyTech - AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component
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11-11-2008, 04:20 PM
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| Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component For the record, "The problem only affects users of the Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish language versions of Windows XP." BJB
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11-11-2008, 07:11 PM
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| That's why I have the scan set to not delete anything automatically. Only with my approval.  |
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11-12-2008, 04:05 PM
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| Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component Quote:
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11-13-2008, 08:17 PM
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|  Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component That's when you just switch to Avira...
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11-15-2008, 11:18 AM
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| Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component I haven't had any problems on my 4 machines...Just lucky I guess!
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11-15-2008, 03:03 PM
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11-15-2008, 07:33 PM
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11-16-2008, 06:18 AM
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11-16-2008, 08:26 PM
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__________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist)Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x500GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6002_SP2 | |
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11-18-2008, 09:45 AM
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| cusl2 explorer  Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component Looks like AVG is on the way to terminate itself... ...a few weeks ago AVG and its "Resident Shield" it started to remove my firewall Zonealarm as it reported 904 trojans spyware virus etc, it took 3 hours to fix the mess that that "False Positive" made... automatic updates are very good when you can rely on them but when they cut out parts of your working computer it's really bad, REALLY BAD! (I donīt believe for a second that it really was just a FP but some shady corporate tactics for whatever reason  ) |
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11-22-2008, 06:58 AM
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|  Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component Quote:
 for those that don't want to read the chat log, just look at the picture at the end... norton antivirus (and no doubt maybe some other such programs) no longer give you a choice!!! be warned!!! edit: ok i attached the pic....  Last edited by Kimbo; 11-22-2008 at 07:04 AM.. | |
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02-04-2009, 05:01 PM
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|  Re: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component say what...??
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