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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Benett on October 15, 2006, 06:39:21 AM

Title: Win32:Rontokbr-k worm
Post by: Benett on October 15, 2006, 06:39:21 AM

Recently AVAST placed several files infected with this worm in the Chest.  What action should I take now?

Thanks  ???

Title: Re: Win32:Rontokbr-k worm
Post by: FreewheelinFrank on October 15, 2006, 06:51:58 AM

Hi Benett,

You can safely leave malware in the chest where it is entirely harmless. It's best not to delete malware in the chest (at least for a month or so) just in case it is a false positive identification of a legitimate file. This is why all anti-malware programs have this feature- although usually called 'quarantine'.