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Getting familiar with AVAST Free 2015. It prompted me to do a boot scan this morning. It IDENTIFIED one file which I put in the chest. After the fact I read about doing a boot scan as it is brand new to me. Got plenty of warnings about deleting the wrong files which can make your PC unstable and/or unbootable. Also read about using Rkill to enhance the effectiveness of AV and anti-malware scans.

Do you folks believe boot scans are safe and NECESSARY? Is Rkill safe, necessary and effective? Thanks.

Quote from: artbuc on March 14, 2015, 03:58:19 PM

Getting familiar with Avast Free 2015. It prompted me to do a boot scan this morning. It identified one file which I put in the chest. After the fact I read about doing a boot scan as it is brand new to me. Got plenty of warnings about deleting the wrong files which can make your PC unstable and/or unbootable. Also read about using Rkill to enhance the effectiveness of AV and anti-malware scans.

Do you folks believe boot scans are safe and necessary? Is Rkill safe, necessary and effective? Thanks.
Boot scans are safe and sometimes necessary.  I have never USED Rkill but I believe it is normally only used as special tool to resolve severe malware issues that cannot be resolved through use of regular malware protections such as MalwareBytes AntiMalware, SUPERAntispyware, ETC.  For more about Rill, see http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/308364/rkill-what-it-does-and-what-it-doesnt-a-brief-introduction-to-the-program/


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