cure programs

what do people mean when they say you should have a program that prevents malware and a program that cures your pc? do they mean cure=deleting malware that is detected?

 

that's right.

 

Curing usually mean AV attempts to remove viral code from infected files, leaving the files in disk. Deleting is usually associated with terms like quarantine/delete and means full removal of the infected file.

Not all software can do curing and they can't guarantee that cured files are 100% original or even functional. Chance for curing also depends on the malware family which infects the PC, and how easy its code is to remove from infected files.

 

Some AM products such as Hitman Pro 'cure' an infected system file by replacing it with a clean,original version rather than trying to extricate the malicious code which is fraught with difficulty.

 

That is good point I forgot that one.

 

is it possible to cure your infected files by your own or is it hard work?

 

Provided you have access to a clean version of the infected file then it is,if not easy,certainly not too difficult yes.If it's a Windows system file then you'll need to perform this from outside the affected OS using something like a BartPE,WinPE or a Linux bootable cd.Presuming the AV has found any associated registry entries and the likes to prevent re-infection,then this will do the job.

 

i see do most av's and am's have cure avast, avira, malwarebytes? i dont remember seeing a button to press to cure any infected file only a button to delete and quarantine