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Yinda,

I'm unaware which AV software you are using, but IMO a full system scan at least once a week is recommended - especially when the software updates once a week: between those update intervals your system could be compromised.

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regards.

paul

 

Hi Yinda,

"according to the current (read: installed) database" is the essence here. Apart from strong heuristics, an outdated database (and a one-week update interval can be seen as such), newly discovered viruses could have been activated and compromised your system - harm done. Sure: one can possibly detect such a nastie after it has been databased, and ditch it. Nevertheless, the virus/worm could have been active up to that moment.

At least in theory, such an infection could well get a life of its own - using a build-in SMTP component for example.

regards.

paul

 

Hi Yinda,

Known viruses that have been added to the latest database update, could well be activated before they have been databased. Thus, performing a full system scan using the latest database update could at the least (try to) cope with those - again leaving heuristics aside.

Possibly not: in case heuristics are strong enough, these could save the day.

IMHO: indeed .

regards.

paul