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From: Char Jackson on 21 Feb 2010 13:07 On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:46:52 -0600, Bad Boy Charlie <Legba(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >I used to do as you have asked about and then many years ago I got hit >with the Spanska4250 virus. After a few heart-pounding hours I cleared >it but -now- no partition or folder goes un scanned and no file type >goes un scanned either. As I asked earlier - what is there to GAIN by >short-cutting security measures? Nada!!! I don't disagree, but to me the amazing part is that you remember the exact name of the virus this many years later.
From: Larry Sabo on 21 Feb 2010 20:21 Smiles <smile_inspector(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >I scan c daily and my files on g. The rest weekly exept my backups on i >which I do monthly I am of the opinion that scanning is a waste of time, other than to reassure oneself that the system is clean, as far as the AV/AM program knows at the moment. If malware is on the system but not running, it does no harm. As soon as it runs or is accessed in any way, it will be delt with the same as if it had been found during a scan. I'd be interested to know if this logic is faulty or dangerous.
From: FromTheRafters on 21 Feb 2010 21:58 "Ray K" <raykosXXX(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4b8152b3$0$4992$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > My computer consists of two physical drives. The master is partitioned > as C, E, F, H and I, and the slave as D and G. Is it necessary to scan > all the partitions, rather than just C? Yes. > In other words, even if there are viruses etc. in one > of the non-C partitions, can they launch and cause problems? Viruses can hide in "programs" and be executed when the host "program" executes. If those partitions have "programs" then they should be subject to scanning for viruses. As for the etcetera, viruses and other types of malware can have components hiding in data, but something has to be executing in order to make use of that data (they can't launch themselves and cause problems, but can be accessed by vulnerable or malicious software and cause problems).
From: FromTheRafters on 21 Feb 2010 22:12 "Larry Sabo" <larry_sabo(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:iem3o5pmdbkrsu5v8b3hm9qke1udhdla3b(a)4ax.com... > Smiles <smile_inspector(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>I scan c daily and my files on g. The rest weekly exept my backups on >>i >>which I do monthly > > I am of the opinion that scanning is a waste of time, other than to > reassure oneself that the system is clean, as far as the AV/AM program > knows at the moment. If malware is on the system but not running, it > does no harm. As soon as it runs or is accessed in any way, it will be > delt with the same as if it had been found during a scan. I'd be > interested to know if this logic is faulty or dangerous. I felt the same way about scanning within archive files. The problem there is that Java might be doing the "unzipping" in a VM where the AV has no hooks. Maybe something similar exists for your scheme? Malware detected in a Java jar in a manual scan but not JIT <g> to save you in Java runtime.
From: The Central Scrutinizer on 6 Mar 2010 23:14
"Ray K" <raykosXXX(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4b8152b3$0$4992$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > My computer consists of two physical drives. The master is partitioned as > C, E, F, H and I, and the slave as D and G. Is it necessary to scan all > the partitions, rather than just C? In other words, even if there are > viruses etc. in one of the non-C partitions, can they launch and cause > problems? Of course! You need to scan all partitions. |