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AVG Question: Terminology: Does The Phrase......

by tobeach Dec 10, 2005 3:19PM PST

"in back up copy" mean the same as "in system volume" i.e. in System Restore files?? If so....
Has MS managed to get such a tight copyright grip on System Restore that companies don't dare call it by name and resort to above euphenisms(sp?) to describe the location?
Bad enough that one has to guess under which name/alias a specific virus will be called in which companys' virus encylopedia without having to guess what each company calls the given location.Sad Thanks in Advance! Happy

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No, its meant just that...
by Melati Hitam Dec 11, 2005 2:01AM PST

back up copy is a back up, somewhere, can be anywhere.. System restore, quarantine, local HD or folder, storage devices, etc.

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Thanks for Reply,Melati, But I Think It Must Be More......
by tobeach Dec 11, 2005 6:12AM PST

specific than that. Since it''s AVG trying to tell you where the virus is so that you can remove it, that general a meaning would be useless for the purpose.
I couldn't find anything thru the search option at AVGs site (maybe I phrased the question wrong that I entered there). Hmmm....any others Confused Thanks again. Happy

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I don't use AVG but if you want a
by roddy32 Dec 11, 2005 8:27AM PST

specific answer that is not in the help file that comes with the program, IF the program has a help file, then you can download a .pdf document called
''AVG Free Edition (Reference Guide)'' that probably has the answer. It's the second to last download at the bottom of the page on this link.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

I use Norton and Norton creates a ''backup'' whenever it finds something in addition to the original file that was either quarantined or deleted, whichever you chose it to do. That is exactly the same thing that Melati said. Norton creates a ''backup'' of what it deleted and occasionally I go into that folder in Norton and delete the ''backups''. I would imagine that AVG does either the same thing or something similiar. It's got absolutely NOTHING to do with system restore or Microsoft as you originally thought.

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Thanks for the reply,Roddy. The Reason I Wonder is.....
by tobeach Dec 11, 2005 1:09PM PST

one of the people I advise, one night, had her AVG find a SDbot Trojan(1 instance in an old game she'd had for years). Info showed it was ''in back up copy''. The AVG reported that it had deleted it and it was in quarantine. The following morning,after booting up, she ran scan again, before going on net. This time AVG reported the exact same SDBot but now in 5 games of similar age. Again ''in back up copy'' and deleted all 5. 5 joined 1st one in quarantine. At my suggestion, she dumped her ''restore points'' ( SDBot is known to like sys restore to hide in) and after a reboot scanned again and came up clean. Thus my question was formed. Since she was clean and seems to be functioning well, I had her turn on & create new 1ST restore point and then delete the 6 in quarantine. Final scan showed all well. Doesn't really matter I suppose but
hoped for confirmation for future refrence.THX. Grin

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