Computer With New Virus, No Net and Antivirus Program Not Updated

[Harry]

What happens if you have a computer that

1. Has a fairly new virus,
2. Does not allow you to connect to the Internet.

3. You then install Avg antivirus though it doesn't include the latest antivirus definitions which you need to get rid of the virus.

You can't upgrade the virus definitions from the computer because you can't get net access.

If you install Avg on that infected system, would it update the new virus definitions from a floppy or CD that you used to save the latest virus definitions too that were downloaded/upgraded when you were running avg on your second virus free computer.

Would anyone know which files those are that contain the virus updates that would need to be transferred or could you just transfer the whole Avg folder to the infected PC.

[catfishjoe_1]

Try going to get the updates (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_updt6.php?lng=fe) manually with the other pc. Then -

Download the file to the UPDATE subdirectory of the AVG directory (note: the AVG directory is the directory where AVG Anti-Virus Free edition is installed).
Run AVG Anti-Virus Free edition.
AVG Anti-Virus Free edition will locate and install the new Update file automatically.

hth
cat

[newme]

You could also go to housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) to check for viruses and then update

[catfishjoe_1]

Check out this thread (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64072&highlight=fprot) on f-prot. This would probably be better than trying to update defs on an infected pc.
cat

[dtex]

Originally posted by newme
You could also go to housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) to check for viruses and then update
He said he couldn't get online at all.

[newme]

sorry missed that:)