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# If so it's a fucking stupid antivirus.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 17:39, archived)
# no.
Many antivirus prodcts have been known to have an occasional burp like that. It's a very tricky game, the whole antivirus/antimalware industry
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 17:43, archived)
# I mean any antivirus which silently deletes anything you explictitly download.
That's just not smart. False positives I understand.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 17:45, archived)
# Most will let you know -- unless it is on a company PC where the Admins like to set things up in such a way as to minimise phone calls to tech support
I have a PC here at the house which I have configured Avast to silently move things to the 'chest'. I am not worried about false positive removals crippling my system since that system does a full backup at 03:00 daily.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 18:09, archived)
# System restores, or backup of critical files?
Screw system restores fucking with your storage, reformat the thing and be damned.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 18:17, archived)
# full disk bare metal recovery capability
i dont fuck around :D
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 19:08, archived)