Can I use AVG anti syware's file shredder to shred an infected file???

What would happen if instead of cleaning or quarantining an infected file I shredded it 10 times using AVG anti spyware's shredder feature I was thinking about this yesterday. Can shredding destroy the infection if you shred every file thats infected?

 

Anyone know if this can work?

 

Yes, this can work.Quarantine (or, if you must, deletion) is usually adequate, though. Once a file has been quarantined/subsequently deleted, it ain't gonna run, unless the user deliberately runs a recovery program to restore it.

Out of curiosity, what's the file, and type of infection?

 

Oh I'm not infected. This is just an idea I came up with a few days ago and I wanted to see what other people thought of it.

 

I guess if you were certain a file was not a false positive, then it's a good means to destroy it forever. I mean, if you're in the habit of restoring unidentified deleted files.
I don't know of any malware files that can recreate themselves from a deleted state, don't think it's possible, but I'm no expert.

 

Shredding/quarantining only works for dormant malware AFAIK. Consider memory-resident malware, that can re-spawn itself after file(s) have been deleted. Either by restoring a hidden copy or re-downloading itself.

And I agree with Tarq57, Quarantining/deleting is enough. Overwriting the file 10 times is *just* overkill, nothing more.