AVG virus scanner

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MikeGL
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Re: AVG virus scanner

Post by MikeGL »

hgm wrote:I was trying out a server program written by me, running it from a Cygwin terminal under Windows. Unfortunately my AVG virus protection took offence to that, and (without asking for confirmation) did not only remove the server executable, but Cygwin as well. (That is, all open cygwin terminals disappeared, and when I now click the Cygwin shortcut icon on my desktop, it complains about a missing .exe.)

I try to undo that action by restoring from the 'virus fault', but this runs into an 'access denied' error. Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this?
Not sure if AVG.VAULT is just an AVG-protected folder or a single file (encrypted file container). If it's just a protected folder, then just reboot using your Ubuntu CD/DVD or USB stick then grab (copy/paste) all the files you wanted from the Virus Vault into your Windows home folder, but if I remember correctly the filenames are replaced with random letters, so you need to rename your lost files one by one.

If it's a single file container, then I think you're forced to download the free CD from AVG which can access and restore files from the virus vault.
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Bo Persson
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Re: AVG virus scanner

Post by Bo Persson »

It's on its way actually. :-)

The "Visual C++ Build Tools 2015" is available as a technical preview:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog ... ironments/