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MSE missed a virus, is it enough to just delete it?

  • 23-03-2012 4:20pm
    #1
    augusta24
    Registered Users Posts: 633 ✭✭✭


    I had Microsoft Security Essentials on my computer, however I just deleted it and installed AVAST! as someone advised me to do so after I sent them a file with a virus in it that I didn't know of!

    So AVAST just picked up on the virus and it says it is a baddie (bit of googling suggests it might be one that looks for long strings of digits). Anyway I got AVAST to delete it.

    So two questions,

    1. Is this enough (have also done a full computer scan)? Is it safe to have AVAST just delete the file or should I be doing something else?

    2. Is there something else I should download to help my AVAST? Like the malwarebytes I have seen suggested here? What exactly is malwarebytes if its not an anti virus?

    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    If your still worried set avast to do a boot-time scan.Malwarebytes,superanti spyware are anti spyware programs,it would do no harm to install one or other of them update it and run a full scan.


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