What is a Heuristic Virus?
Can some one please advise me what this is and how to remove it as it is stopping me using the internet for more then a few Min's thank you norton 360 s blocking it and it takes me o the inter net I have used my laptop in Spain an I am very worried about this
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Answer 1 :
For THAT type of Virus, you must either have a LIST of the applications and files available in your Windows, System, and System32 folders to Compare.....and selectively remove the ones that don't belong...or, put in a System disk, and re-install a fresh copy of Windows, but leaving the other files intact. That will allow you to at least run your Safe Mode, so you can use whatever program you need to get rid of the malware or virus. http://malware-virus-spyware-remover-tools.blogspot.com/
Answer 2 :
Heuristics is about looking for things that aren't known to be viruses but look like they could be. The majority of antivirus programs use heuristic scanning so that they can catch new viruses that they don't have listed in their database. Each time you update your antivirus program, it's being sent a list of new viruses and info on how to recognise them and that info gets stored in the database. But viruses that no antivirus company has seen and analysed yet could get to your computer. Heuristic scanners look for things like: - does this program want to access the internet? - is it taking down details of the key strokes on the computer? - does it want to make changes to the registry? - does it clearly say that it comes from Microsoft and have Microsoft's special code in it? (To some extent, I'm making up those things... they ask that type of question but I'm not sure exactly what - still, it helps you understand what is going on.) So a heuristic virus is something that your antivirus thinks is probably a virus but it hasn't received info that tells it for sure that it is or isn't. Sometimes they are right and sometimes they are wrong but the extra safety of heuristic scanning is suitable for many computer users
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