Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic A huge problem with viruses Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Mouseydolphin Posted at 12:37 am on July 21, 2004 Today I scanend my other computer with AVG, I left it for a while and came back about 30 mins later. It had found 896 viruses and had only scanend 408mb of the 19 gb hard drive! Since it was taking so long to scan I stopped it because my bro would need the computer. It tried to remove the viruses but it said it couldn't remove them, most of them didn't get removed and I still gotta scan 18gb of the hard drive! Why is it taking so long to scan? And how can I remove the viruses that AVG can't remove? I think the virus is called Sddrop/Worm rf something like that... Any help would be appreciated...

Replies xa04 Posted at 3:48 pm on Aug. 11, 2004 hehe! easy one :). just boot your system into safe mode, do a virus scan that way, but you will need a virus scanner that will run in safe mode. or boot up into safe mode with networking (only in windows xp). and connect to the net, do an online scan @ http://housecall.trendmicro.com and remove all the viruses trojans what ever..., hopefully your using a router which will help protect you from hackers since you won't have a firewall up in safe mode... BBallAsh23 Posted at 9:58 am on July 24, 2004 i think you can set it to scan a certain part... ah try tests, and then pick custom tests... Mouseydolphin Posted at 11:41 pm on July 23, 2004 I have to get rid of these viruses soon, AVG always scans the restore folder first but since it finds soo many viruses it freezes up and I can't scan anymore. Is there anyway to skip scanning the system restore folder so I can just scan the rest of the computer? BBallAsh23 Posted at 6:24 pm on July 22, 2004 yeah i get that alot... except i get damn alerts popping up... stupid avg.  i don't know how to get rid of mine either. vitamin Posted at 4:13 pm on July 22, 2004 you will av to turn off system restore anyway. its located by right clicking my computer and going to properties, then uncheck the box on one of the Tab screens. thats for xp mind. not sure where it is for ME havent used me in years! Mouseydolphin Posted at 2:22 am on July 22, 2004 Then what the hell am I meant to do? I gotta get rid of them, I read somewhere if you turn off Sytem Restore you can delete them but I wasn't willing to try it because I might screw some stuff up (like usual) vitamin Posted at 2:02 am on July 22, 2004 you wont delete them out of there! Its usally protected. Mouseydolphin Posted at 4:44 am on July 21, 2004 I just found out that they r in the system restore folder and thats why i couldn't delete them... how do i delete them? Mouseydolphin Posted at 4:12 am on July 21, 2004 yea I have msn, what's ur email addy? Yellowcard Chicka Posted at 1:37 am on July 21, 2004 if you can add me to MSN if you have it, then i would send you a program called stinger. It's an anti-virus package, it's quick and gets rid and fixes 99% of the problems. All 10 previous replies displayed.