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Originally Posted by classicman
That MAY all be true, but what would tell me if I have never been infected? There is no way to prove that is there? or is there?
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If it reports what was found and removed, then you know an infection existed. If it reports it stopped contamination or found something suspicious, again, then you know the anti-virus software did something. I don't know of any anti-virus software that would fail to report such actions.
I often hear how good the anti-virus software is. But I never really hear why they know.
Some reports insist that 30% of computers are infected by Conficker. If true and if anti-virus software is so effective, then some here should have reported anti-virus software either stopping or removing that worm.
I have observed anti-virus software updating typically about once a day. Microsoft updates are available every Tuesday if there is anything to update.