Do I stop or cancel a scan virus detection / warning what happens?

Question from zlumos: What happens to virus detections/warnings once I stop or cancel the scan?

The Avira full system scan is taking way too long and I really must shut my computer down. At the moment, it has 3 virus “detections” and 6 “warnings”. If I stop the scan now (currently at 55% and has taken 8 hours!) what happens to those detections/warnings? Are they clear out of the way now? Or will stopping the scan mean Avira does nothing with those detections?

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Answer by Graham

I don’t know. When you stop the scan, Avira may give you the option to remove the infections it’s already detected. Eight hours sounds much too long a scan time, even with a large hard disk and multiple folders/files.

Try this:

Firstly, boot your computer to the Safe Mode menu screen. You do this by repeatedly pressing F8 as soon as you boot up. Once there, use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode with Networking. Continue to boot from there, by pressing Enter. You will now see some drivers being loaded. There will be a pause at some point. This usually lasts for no more than 30 seconds.

If that’s successful, download and run TDSSKiller.exe from Kaspersky Lab. It’s tiny, and takes just a minute to run. It hunts down and kills a specific family of rootkits:

http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208280684

Regardless of the results, download the free version of Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (MBAM). Install it, get updates and run a full scan (still in Safe Mode). This is a direct download link. Copy and paste it into your browser’s address bar, and press Enter.

http://www.myantispyware.com/mbam

After that, boot normally and run another full scan with MBAM. It will detect any malware that wasn’t running in Safe Mode.

If the problem still exists, download and run the free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool:

http://www.kaspersky.com/antivirus-removal-tool?form=1

You should now delete TDSSKiller.exe and the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, as updated versions are often made available. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware can be easily uninstalled, should you wish to do so, but it may prove to be beneficial in the future.

Hope this helps.

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