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avg virus scan buggin me

Spacedog · 2003-11-13 14:24:26

whenever I start my machine and leave it for a little (on the user/password list screen in win XP pro) a message from AVG virus scan telling me that the lovesan.a worm has infected a file on c:/system volume information. I downloaded the msblast patch and all. When I scan the unaccessable folder it doesn't find anything! I…

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13-11-2003 3:24pm

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Spacedog

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whenever I start my machine and leave it for a little (on the user/password list screen in win XP pro) a message from AVG virus scan telling me that the lovesan.a worm has infected a file on c:/system volume information. I downloaded the msblast patch and all.

When I scan the unaccessable folder it doesn't find anything! I can't delete the file because XP won't let me see inside it. it's bugging me, any help appreciated!

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#2 13-11-2003 3:37pm
oneweb

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You need to update your antivirus definitions and do a full system scan.

It is what it's.

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#3 13-11-2003 7:30pm
Tivoli

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try tuning off system restore, then run your virus scan, make sure your logged in as admin

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