fr0stbound Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 i scanned a file i just downloaded and avast gave the message "Unable to scan file. File is a decompression bomb". is this a virus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted October 1, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 nevermind, i found out already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 well post up. what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 from what i gather it is a file that when you decompress it it becomes gargantuan, taking up a ginourmous chunk of disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 ok. well i wanted him to post wat kin of file it was saved as. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 ok. well i wanted him to post wat kin of file it was saved as. lol good point Starship T, is it just an Avast ( sorry for the pun ) problem ,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanobot Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 Yeah its wierd like that. Ya know the first time i read the subject I thought our Government went overboard again!!! But i see now...Avast is wierd though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 on the Gov. Yeah, I tried Avast once but went back to Grisofts AVG free, but I keep a link to avast , just in case I ever need it , are there any other free GOOD anti -virus progs. out there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanobot Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 Not to my knowledge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 on the Gov. Yeah, I tried Avast once but went back to Grisofts AVG free, but I keep a link to avast , just in case I ever need it , are there any other free GOOD anti -virus progs. out there ? not to my knowledge...well there are but not free....at least i stick with avg and thats it. so im not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 on the Gov. Yeah, I tried Avast once but went back to Grisofts AVG free, but I keep a link to avast , just in case I ever need it , are there any other free GOOD anti -virus progs. out there ? So you have Grisofts free anti-spyware also? It's pretty good too. http://www.ewido.net/en/download/ OK still going through the old ewido site. But there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 So you have Grisofts free anti-spyware also? It's pretty good too. http://www.ewido.net/en/download/ OK still going through the old ewido site. But there it is. Nah, it slowed my old box down , I just use AVG fee old Sygate firewall free , now part of Norton ad-aware spybot Ccleaner EasyCleaner 2 , for the reg clean up , and a good backup , and carefull where I go , works for me , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 and careful where I go , Nah, thats no fun. Kind of like abstinence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted October 2, 2007 CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 Nah, thats no fun. Kind of like abstinence. :haha: spoken like a true male. remember, with dialup you can get into trouble...but think of how fast you could get there with broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted October 2, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 2, 2007 the error message indicated the first part of a multiple part RAR file. i deleted it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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