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    What does "severe threat" or "medium" mean?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by yaganon, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. yaganon

    yaganon Notebook Geek

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    I got MSE on my laptop. So far, it has detected a couple of malware ranging from medium to severe. And the current status of those messages are either deleted or disinfected. What's disinfected?

    Also, I'm noticing that a lot of these files came from program files of programs that I would trust, like FIFA 11 Demo, or Microsoft. I guess that doesn't really matter because these things move around. But any idea on how i might have gotten it? From my flashdrive, Internet?

    Is it possible that MSE hasn't detected all of the spyware that's in my computer?
     
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Deleted = Removed via deletion
    Disinfected = removed from file (i.e. malware was attached to a legit file)

    How it got there - hmm... are those programmes from original discs? :) no third party add-ons? - Else, pretty much anything that links the computer to the outside - so it could be a flash drive, the internet...

    Edit:
    Just noticed you wrote "Demo" from the manufacturer's website? :)
     
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