Joined: Apr 10, 2012
Posts: 27
Need alittle help, i did a virus scan last night had 8 infected files was able to repair 5 of them and the other 3 were to big to send to the virus vault. So i tracked the file down and like an idiot opened them up 1 was a nvidia installer and 2 others were for a game fallen earth, so i maunually deleted and ran virus scan all was well have yet to reboot and scan again but was wondering if this would be what the call a false positive, and wondering if there is something else i should try.
Virus was Luhe.Fiha.A
Joined: Jul 26, 2007
Posts: 9909
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Give MALWAREBYTES a try they are very good at removing infections already on your computer. Download it on a different computer put it on a usb stick and restart your computer in safe mode. Then run MALWAREBYTES off the USB stick.
GOA.Luke*BK*
Joined: Nov 03, 2011
Posts: 17
Uninstall AVG and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials. Both are free, but MSE is less likely to render your computer into a non-booting state in the event you have to clean infections. I have honestly not had any good experiences with AVG in my career. Also, MSE is a faster engine. It finds less unknown viruses, but it finds far fewer false positives as well.
- Alyssa
Joined: Apr 01, 2012
Posts: 33
Location: CA
another good one is Trend Micro's House Call Link below. but as luke said MALWAREBYTES is good for after the fact infections. i use it at work all the time. good luck!!
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2011
Location: Washington
I seem to recall avg always hitting on false positives. I agree on using mse though if you want free protection.. I use kaspersky or eset depending on which is on sale when I need to purchase one.
Joined: Mar 13, 2011
Posts: 2064
Location: Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
I agree with MSE...Ted100 approved!
The only protection you'll need.
Joined: May 31, 2011
Posts: 2631
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
Careful computer use is what I use. I do a scan every month or two, but they always come up empty. ..Though, every AV program will come up with a false positive at one point or another.
NOD32 is a good one, too.
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Joined: Mar 27, 2011
Posts: 1042
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
I've found that while AVG isn't a bad product it does seem to have more than its fair share of false positives and i'm not really a big fan of Symantec products as they are huge resource hogs and take forever and a day to run a scan. I've been using Avast freeware for the last few years and have had absolutely no issues at all. One aspect of Avast that I like is the gaming mode as it suppresses those annoying update messages and runs very quietly in the background. As with any AV, keep it updated (MSE updates with your OS updates so might create quite a few restore points but otherwise is a good product) and run MALAWAREBYTES if you do get an infection, its worth its weight in gold. Most viruses today are aimed at financial info gathering so be very careful about what info you keep on your pc related to online banking ect. Just my .02 cents worth
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Joined: Dec 15, 2009
Posts: 1754
Location: North Carolina
I have had numerous computer problems with AVG and yesterday I uninstalled it and all of its related functions. My boot up times have gone back to their speeds and my PC is more stable as far as lockdowns and game drops are
concerned. I reinstalled Microsoft Security Essentiuals , but I still have ping problems and am searching for the cause of that. [very irritating and frustrating]
Joined: Apr 10, 2012
Posts: 27
Well update did another avg and trend micro scan all was well, first time ive ever had problems with avg if the problem continues ill try malwarebytes, now if only i can get the bf3 map load times down to under 3min ill be set lol thanks for all the help guys its appreciated.