- Dec 20, 2014
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Usually i use to help my friends when they are stuck with there PC due to virus infection and most of the time AV will remove the virus but at the same time some valid files will be deleted.
My question is there any AV which can disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it ?
Say, I've a file named WindowsExploits.pdf(pun intended) and a malware infects the same file, will I find a backup copy of original file if my boot into linux?
Thread title changed to "Antivirus which can disinfect valid files without deleting them". The original title was a bit misleading.
The OP's question was not what AV provides the best disinfection but "My question is there any AV which can disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it ?"
To stay on topic replies should be to the above question and no what AV they feel provides the best disinfection
the best way you can retrieve deleted documents is system restore, only from vista and higher not XP.Usually i use to help my friends when they are stuck with there PC due to virus infection and most of the time AV will remove the virus but at the same time some valid files will be deleted.
my question is there any AV which can disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it ?
the best way you can retrieve deleted documents is system restore, only from vista and higher not XP.
of course that if the virus did not disable system restore.
you are wrong! from vista every folder photo and doc are backed up everything.Correct me if I'm wrong but documents are not covered by System Restore (only executables, dlls, settings)
I believe a lot of people have suggested good choices of AV's that can disinfect valid files regardless of what type of files. If there is any AV's out there that can disinfect most files rather then quarantine then I am sure the choices of AV suggested by users would disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it.Thread title changed to "Antivirus which can disinfect valid files without deleting them". The original title was a bit misleading.
The OP's question was not what AV provides the best disinfection but "My question is there any AV which can disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it ?"
To stay on topic replies should be to the above question and no what AV they feel provides the best disinfection
I believe a lot of people have suggested good choices of AV's that can disinfect valid files regardless of what type of files. If there is any AV's out there that can disinfect most files rather then quarantine then I am sure the choices of AV suggested by users would disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it.
Thread title changed to "Antivirus which can disinfect valid files without deleting them". The original title was a bit misleading.
The OP's question was not what AV provides the best disinfection but "My question is there any AV which can disinfect the valid files( pdf, doc, xls etc) without deleting it ?"
To stay on topic replies should be to the above question and no what AV they feel provides the best disinfection
Like I said, some AVs will attempt to do it - like Kaspersky - but in 99.999 % of the cases I have seen the original file is not recoverable due to corruption (damage).
Back-up valuable documents as a course of habit(file backup) - and be sure not to backup malware (system backup) !!!!!
Correct me if I am wrong but the majority of infected files cannot be disinfected because they contain nothing but the infected code.
Tested System Restore. Moved some files around, made some changes. After Restoring, here what I got
only *.reg files are restored
I'm using Windows 7