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Stefan af Schweden

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VRDB
« on: March 01, 2009, 02:59:22 PM »
 Hi you avastlovers. Im too such a creature. Have had it for years on my pc:s.
But ehat the fk is this VRDB-thing, and is it really necessaru for an average user like me?
It just goes on for hours and hours and Im going to a nervous wreck.  :(

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Re: VRDB
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 03:37:08 PM »
It 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.
VRDB is a generic method, storing file parts that are often target of virus infections. Actually, VRDB scans all the local hard disks for executable files and stores some info about them. 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

It's not a frontend applications nowadays, you can almost forget it...
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Stefan af Schweden

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Re: VRDB
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 06:20:02 PM »
Thx for the answer Thec. Then I can skip that function most of the time.
At least not let it run every third week. :)

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Re: VRDB
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 06:57:59 PM »
Thx for the answer Thec. Then I can skip that function most of the time.
At least not let it run every third week. :)
You're welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)
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Re: VRDB
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 06:31:27 AM »
Does it really go on for hours and hours?  I really do not pay attention to it every three weeks on my system but it seems to take about 20 minutes or less.

It occurs to me it may depend what you keep on your main system drive.  I keep only the main operating systems and programs on my C: drive.  All user data is kept on the other drives of my system and that may reduce, for me, the VRDB overhead.
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