Thank you both, sounds reasonable. I'm more paranoid since I removed AVG :-)
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, on installing MSE (abandoning AVG after 3-4 years) I did a quick scan > as recommended, but soon after (next night?) I scanned a few Tb of stuff and > it located a couple of things. Since then it has been unobtrusive and I > assume is keeping me safe. I'm happy with it. > Noonie's explanation sounds reasonable. > ________________________________ > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of noonie > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:50 PM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: [OT] MS security essentials > > Bec, > > It could be a timing issue. When you got the files, in the first > place, the threat was not known to your AV but later updates added the > signature to the scanner. If you haven't touched the files in the > intervening period then your AV wouldn't necessarily be prompted to > scan them again. > > >From memory, Microsoft Security Essentials defaults to a Quick Scan, > for your daily or weekly scan, and this type of scan "...scans the > folders where malware is most commonly found." I suspect that the > Desktop is one of those folders and moving the files prompted MSE to > have another look at them. > > -- > Regards, > noonie > > > On 12 July 2011 13:49, Bec Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I installed this a few months ago on Vista and everything looked >> fine. Then over the weekend I moved some folders from >> C:\Users\Bec\Folder1 and onto my desktop and suddenly ms security >> essentials found all these infected files. The files were things I >> didn't need anyway so I just had it kill them. >> Can anyone explain why this would happen? Why would security >> essentials not detect problem in the old location? >> >> Cheers >> Bec >> > >
