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[Ryu Hitokiri]

If avast! finds a virus will it ask you to take action right away or select what to do at the end of the scan?

Also I have this keylogger program I use for my family and it deletes the installed files as a virus but doesn't treat the install file as a virus even though it can't be run when Zone Alarm Pro is running.

Edit: Here are the results from Virus Total
http://www.virustotal.com/vt/en/resultadof?01c4377455dacb8a59d145605d6e7176

Thanks
-Ryu Hitokiri

[Lisandro]

If avast! finds a virus will it ask you to take action right away or select what to do at the end of the scan?

No, only in Professional version (see picture here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13315.msg112285#msg112285).
In Home version you can check the option "Don't show this window again" as soon as the first virus warning appears, and click on "No action" button. This way, nothing will be done and you will be presented the results at the end (and you can perform actions from there).

Also I have this keylogger program I use for my family and it deletes the installed files as a virus but doesn't treat the install file as a virus even though it can't be run when Zone Alarm Pro is running.

Use the Exclusion lists:

For the Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning):
Left click the 'a' blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and click on Add button...

For the other providers (on-demmand scanning):
Right click the 'a' blue icon, click Program Settings.
Go to Exclusions tab and click on Add button...

You can use wildcards like * and ?.
But be carefull, you should 'exclude' that many files that let your system in danger.

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[Ryu Hitokiri]

Thanks, also I get something that says the file access is denied because of password protection in the scan results and it won't let me take any action.

[Spiritsongs]

   Hi Ryu :

     Having a "keylogger" on your computer is like "playing
     with fire" - very dangerous . SpywareGuide has it with
     a "rating" of 6, moderately high . Are you aware of the
     info at :

     http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=399

[DavidR]

Thanks, also I get something that says the file access is denied because of password protection in the scan results and it won't let me take any action.

Many programs (usually security based ones) password protect their files for legitimate reasons such as AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy, there are others (and avast doesn't know the password or have any way of using it even if it did know it).

When you run scans with the above programs and you delete harmful entries that they detect, a copy is kept (in quarantine/restore/backup) in case you need to reverse what you did. These are usually password protected, you should do some housekeeping and delete old backup/recovery/quarantine entries (older than two weeks or so), this will reduce the numbers of files that can't be scanned.

By examining 1) the reason given by avast! for not being able to scan the files, 2) the location of the files, you can get an idea of what program they relate to. You may need to expand the column headings to see all the text.

Files that can't be scanned are just that, not an indication they are suspicious/infected, just unable to be scanned.

Also about the installation of a keylogger, if for checking on what kids view or do etc. then what you want is a pro-active monitor not something you find out what and where they have been after the fact. There are a number of parental control tools out there. - Naomi Parental Control software (freeware) http://www.radiance.m6.net/, which is freeware I believe.