video files don't spread malware
Keep dreaming.
That must be the most sophisticated virus/or w/e ever. (apparently have to sound like a book when I talk to you, I can't just use "virus" as a general all encompassing term)
if A video files makes a certain media player say "blah blah needs to access internet to get data or cert..."
It can do so without saying anything at all.
Tell me then how VLC will suddenly run a video file as a virus and making a virus become "activated", when it only plays the video file and audio, yet somehow inadvertently propagates a virus. Maybe on antiquated and horribly vulnerable players like realtime player (if that even exists still and I never would use such fringe players)
If you learned how to read, I said I have them only for manual scanning if I EVER detect a virus
I know how to read. If you detect malware with only a manual scan, you are too late. Your system is already infected.
I never said I detect malware with a manual scan, if I detect something with a real time active AV I'm using then I may consider going through multiple manual scanning programs because reformatting is a pain.
if I EVER detect a virus
And how do you thing to detect malware without scanning.... :P
HEH HEH, your so funny bro, ignoring the fact I use avast and its active shield for scanning things as i get them or use them. Really grabbing at straws now aren't you?
]that I don't think is a false positive
You are not thinking at all. That is the real problem.
sick burn! Being really mature idiot.
Please try to be less ignorant, I'm sure you deal with plenty of dumb people on these forums but I'm not one of them, not by a longshot.
The only one who is ignorant is you. And yes you are one of the dumbest people that has ever joined this webboard. You don't even know the difference between a webboard and a forum.
Way to prejudge, because obviously assuming someone who doesn't use every unnecessary feature in an AV program is instantly doing everything wrong and must be dumb, facist. Exactly what I expected on an AV forum. And who cares what the difference is between a webboard and a forum, you post threads on them why care about them anymore then that you moron?
Prevention is not doing obviously stupid things
And yet you are doing it. Using keyloggers, cracks, illegal software and such.

You obviously don’t know even what a virus is.


I haven’t used cracks or keygens in years, take that stick out of your high and mighty recepticle if you havn’t ever used one. And I obiously don’t want to give exact scientific terms for viruses/malware/adware/keyloggers/trojan for some random loser on the internet who only wants to start a flamewar.

Anyway since you all are only SO SHOCKED HEY YOUR ANTIVIRUS ISN’T USING EVERY FEATURE ARE YOU OK HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN level of stupid and assumptioning. I added “**” to file system scanner exceptions with read and write ticked, should that turn avast into a on-demand scanner then by only scanning things that get executed? It seems like it may have worked but it may be scanning things that other programs are executing, is that all then? Or is it babying me by ignoring that exclusion because it “must be a mistake” even though it isn’t on my part.