I am not sure that this post is in the correct thread but I do use AIS and have updated to 5.1.884.
I have at the suggestion of someone on the Avast Forum used Dr. Web as one my secondary scans.
Prior to last night I had always used it in the Quick Scan mode.
Prior to last night neither AIS, Malwarebytes, SAS, HouseCall, HitmanPro or Dr. Web were identifying any Wild-Tangent related viruses/Malware.
Anyway, last night or more precisely last last afternoon I decided to do a complete scan with Dr. Web.
I learned something and found something.
Learned
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1. The systems folders and files on Windows 7 are hidden. Clicking
"Show hidden files, folder and drives" does not show the systems folders and files.
2. You have to unclick
"Hide Protected Operating System Files" to see the the Systems folders and files.
3. In Windows 7 the "Documents and Settings" folder is actually a link to files that are located in/under the System folder named "Users"
Found
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1. The complete scan in Dr. Web found two infected files and one suspicious file in one of the the Wild-Tangent folders located in a normally hidden by Windows 7 System folder and files and quarantined them. These files were not being identified by Avast in my "Nightly Scan" My Nightly scan was set to scan "The System Drive", "Memory" etc along with my entire internal drive. My internal hard drive is partitioned into multiple logical drives. I had "Recognize File Types By Their Content" clicked.
Action
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1. I don't play Wild-Tangent so i deleted the Wind-Tangent files quarantined by Dr. Web. I also deleted all the other Wild-Tangent files which happen to only be located in normally hidden; i.e by W7 default, Windows 7 hidden operating system folders and files, not just the Hidden Windows 7 non-operating system folders and files. Clicking on "Show hidden files, folder and drives" will not show these folders and files unless you also unclick "Hide Protected Operating System Files".
2. I changed my Nightly Scan to "Scan all files" under Setting-Scan-File Types
Questions
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1. Does AIS scan W7 hidden by default "Operating System Protected Files" when the settings in Setting-Scan-File Type is not set to "Scan All Files" even though it is set to scan "System Drive", "Memory" etc "Recognize File Types By Their Content"?
2. Does AIS scan W7 hidden by default "Operating System Protected Files" when the Setting-Scan-File Types is set to "Scan all files"
If the answers to question #1 is yes then these three files identified by Dr.Web as infected/suspicious are either False Positives or AIS is not identifying them as infected/suspicious files.
Thanks
