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Title: How the VRDB Works
Post by: artificer on June 20, 2007, 11:46:53 PM

I am new to AVAST but to my surprise after it finished creating the VRDB there was no noticeable change in the amount of free space on my disk.  So now I wonder how it really works and how trustable it is. Also I would like to know what files are going to be protected by it and where it is stored.

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: How the VRDB Works
Post by: Lisandro on June 21, 2007, 12:07:35 AM

VRDB stores the necessary info to restore executables (*.exe, *.com) files.
VRDB is not a backup system, the stored information is very small (not the whole files).
Besides, only Win32 executables are processed.
The VRDB data are stored in <avast>\Data\Integ\avast.int
So it's not a backup utility, but a restore feature of avast.

Welcome!

Title: Re: How the VRDB Works
Post by: DavidR on June 21, 2007, 12:28:39 AM

As Tech says the VRDB isn't a back-up utility, it just stores enough information about the file to apply a repair if infected, for those files that it monitors.

Title: Re: How the VRDB Works
Post by: Black3agl3 on August 01, 2009, 02:49:59 PM

Quote from: Tech on June 21, 2007, 12:07:35 AM

VRDB stores the necessary info to restore executables (*.exe, *.com) files.

the .com extension is for which type of files?

Title: Re: How the VRDB Works
Post by: Lisandro on August 01, 2009, 04:24:28 PM

Quote from: Black3agl3 on August 01, 2009, 02:49:59 PM

the .com extension is for which type of files?

Executable file. Command.