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Ksingler · 05-18-2008, 12:08 PM

No, system restore is not turned off.

I did some digging around and this seems to be happening to a lot of users who have either avg8 along with spybot s&d or spywareblaster... the potential warnings are being caused by using Spyware Blaster security application on your computer, which contains "immunize" feature. The key contains the same registry entries as the actual threats, thus preventing them from working correctly. Some anti-spyware programs use this method to prevent launching of the malware. These parts are still detected by AVG signatures and that is why AVG marks them as infected.

Wow, I don't see how I missed this online the first time I checked, but it seems like avg is making an update so that this incompatibility issue will be resolved within a few weeks.

Thanks for the help

05-18-2008, 12:08 PM	#27 (permalink)
Ksingler Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 315	Re: hijackthis No, system restore is not turned off. I did some digging around and this seems to be happening to a lot of users who have either avg8 along with spybot s&d or spywareblaster... the potential warnings are being caused by using Spyware Blaster security application on your computer, which contains "immunize" feature. The key contains the same registry entries as the actual threats, thus preventing them from working correctly. Some anti-spyware programs use this method to prevent launching of the malware. These parts are still detected by AVG signatures and that is why AVG marks them as infected. Wow, I don't see how I missed this online the first time I checked, but it seems like avg is making an update so that this incompatibility issue will be resolved within a few weeks. Thanks for the help Last edited by Ksingler; 05-18-2008 at 12:12 PM.