Re: [OT] MS security essentials

2011-07-11 Thread Bec Carter
--Original Message- > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > 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 fi

RE: [OT] MS security essentials

2011-07-11 Thread Ian Thomas
ion sounds reasonable. Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of noonie Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:50 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] M

Re: [OT] MS security essentials

2011-07-11 Thread noonie
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

[OT] MS security essentials

2011-07-11 Thread Bec Carter
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 the