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Daniel-Man

03-25-2003, 01:54 AM

Hi, I was just wondering with all these new worms and other malicious viruses I've heard about new ones which can modify or delete the .nav files in antivirus scanners. Is AVG Antivirus susceptible to this?

mjc

03-25-2003, 02:57 AM

Short answer, YES!

Somewhat longer answer, there is no such thing as a hack-proof AV, all of them can be hacked in one way or another. NAV is one of the most popular to target, AVG is one of the least...