Which antivirus does repair the system?

[viktik]

antivirus like tencent pc manager, baidu, Qihoo 360 total security does have system repair engine.
kaspersky does rollback changes by malware.

Which other antivirus does system repair?

Or is the antivirus job to protect the system settings before it happen?

 

[frogboy]

Have a look here it might tell you what you want to know. http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news...epair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/

 

[WinXPert]

What scope of repair do you mean?

MBAM (though not an AV) can do repairs too.

some of these repairs can include any of the following

• enabling taskman
• enabling regedit
• enabling CMD
  
• deleting BHOs
• removing PUPs from starting up
• enabling Windows Update
• enabling Firewall
• removing IFEO entries
• etc, etc

Mostly, these AVs are considered broad spectrum, while some malware might need a dedicated tool for removal and repair.

 

[Tony Cole]

I think Kaspersky has the ability to carry out advanced repair(s) to the system. After the malware removal is complete, Kaspersky will launch 'Microsoft Windows Troubleshooting' to try and deal with the aftermath of malware infections.

 

[frogboy]

The best software to repair damage done by a virus would be Macrium Reflect or similar software.

 

[jamescv7]

Webroot has always been discussed, it includes journal and rollback feature which you will set based on capacity of MB to revert any possible changes.

Usually disinfection process must be properly done by bootable of their AV rescue disk, unless I'm wrong where they are same to the AV you use to protect the system.

 

[Deleted member 178]

no AV fully repair your OS after a malware infection, you have to use dedicated tools (all-in-one windows repair, FMA ,etc..) that restore the OS various parameters usually disabled by malwares. BUt this tools are efficient for low/medium infections.

In case of a heavy infection , i prefer reinstall the OS..

 

[WinXPert]

Usually disinfection process must be properly done by bootable of their AV rescue disk

With Mid and Low-treats, disinfection can be done in Normal Mode using the AV of your choice. High-treat like sality can be removed using a PE environment. Other nasty malwares can be disabled via offline registry editing or can be manually removed using a bootable CD/DVD/USB (Linux included, if you know where to hunt these critters) Continuation of the removal process can be performed still in Normal Mode.

You can also do disinfection in Safe Mode.

When I was just starting in this field, I use Boot CDs or Bootable AVs right away, or start with Safe Mode. As I mature, I always start in Normal Mode, if not successful will use a Bootable USB then to Safe Mode.

unless I'm wrong where they are same to the AV you use to protect the system.

Most of the time, I uninstall the AV first. No point of using it if it is compromised already. Better replace it with a new one when all malwares are disabled from starting up.

 

[Kate_L]

Dr.Web & Kaspersky (as antivirus)
Comodo Cleaning Essentials & AdwCleaner & MalwareBytes (as removal tools)