I am new here and wanted to ask another question about the VRDB purpose. I have read the help file and what it’s for but I don’t know the first thing of how 2 use it when I click on it.I did a Generate Now on it and completed good,now what?
Any constructive input on this feature would be appreciated.
Thanks guys and gals.
Hi,
The VRDB is used to repair files that have been infected by a virus (the file itself is not a virus but is just infected) the VRDB can repair the file (restoring the file to its original state before infection). You get the option to repair a file when a virus on your system is found.
Hope this helps.
~Justin1278
Once you have done the initial Generate Now, you have to select how it should be updated, when your system is Idle or when the Screen Saver is running. By default it, if you have one of those options selected it will update itself every 21 days. It keeps up to 3 historic copies of this information, so if the latest fails, it will try the previous and so on.
You don’t need to know how to use it because it is an integral part of avast, if a virus is found in one of the files that is monitored/protected by the VRDB then avast usually suggests a repair, if you chose that option, then avast uses the VRDB information to try to repair the file.
The VRDB only protects certain files, .exe, dll and other system files, it doesn’t protect data files or all files, it is not a back-up program, so there are going to be many occasions where repair won’t be an option.
Only true virus infection can be repaired, e.g. when a virus infects a file it adds a small part to it, provided that file is one that avast’s VRDB would monitor and you have run the VRDB, then it may be possible to repair the file to its uninfected state.
However, for the most part so called viruses, trojans (adware/spyware/malware, etc.) can’t be repaired because the complete content of the file is malicious.
Thanks again DavidR…
When I asked earlier about the VBS virus in my Temp. that I sent to the quarantine I was wondering if that vrdb program would have been an option. I deleted it as you suggested and am learning this program in stages.Sure beats Norton stuff. Hell I might even upgrade in the future it is so good.
Should I merge the two little blue balloons together in the tray as an option?
Thanks so much gang.
Personal preference but I do, it reduces the clutter. But when it updates you will see it spinning in your tray
There are no adverse effects of merging the two icons, personal preference, clutter, as has been mentioned, but now you have generated it for the first time, the next time it would see any activity would be in three weeks. So no real need to have it in the system tray for something this infrequent.
Welcome to the forums.