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Tassie - 29 Aug 2007 05:42 GMT

I have been using a new reconditioned comp (win xp pro-ie7) on the Internet
for a few weeks, and a couple of days ago, I had "threat detected" messages
come up for 3 days, when running AVG 7.5 and lavasoft ad-aware. I sent the
infected files to the virus vault.

Now there are 12 infected-unhealable files there of which 6 are sys files.

What I would like to know is: how to know if the comp is free from virus,
and how to restore the sys files?

I have looked through the help section but don't see a solution to this.

P.S I thought XP and IE 7 were very secure. I had been using win 78se with
ie 6 for 4 years with no virus threats!!

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Shenan Stanley - 29 Aug 2007 06:06 GMT

> I have been using a new reconditioned comp (win xp pro-ie7) on the
> Internet for a few weeks, and a couple of days ago, I had "threat
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> P.S I thought XP and IE 7 were very secure. I had been using win
> 78se with ie 6 for 4 years with no virus threats!!

* that you knew of...

You need to be very specific at this point about WHAT infected you and which
files were quarantined you think you need back.. ;-)

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Ken Blake - 29 Aug 2007 16:11 GMT

>> I have been using a new reconditioned comp (win xp pro-ie7) on the
>> Internet for a few weeks, and a couple of days ago, I had "threat
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> You need to be very specific at this point about WHAT infected you and
> which files were quarantined you think you need back.. ;-)

And to add to that, no software can protect you completely. Although the
newer operating system and newer version of IE *are* more secure, neither
is perfect, and you still need to exercise caution in everything you do.

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Tassie - 30 Aug 2007 04:14 GMT

Thanks for your answer.

> >> I have been using a new reconditioned comp (win xp pro-ie7) on the
> >> Internet for a few weeks, and a couple of days ago, I had "threat
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> newer operating system and newer version of IE *are* more secure, neither
> is perfect, and you still need to exercise caution in everything you do.

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Ken Blake - 30 Aug 2007 15:38 GMT

> Thanks for your answer.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

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>> >> I have been using a new reconditioned comp (win xp pro-ie7) on the
>> >> Internet for a few weeks, and a couple of days ago, I had "threat
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>> neither
>> is perfect, and you still need to exercise caution in everything you do.

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