It is a virus scan because when you dowload it it gives your bad spyware and pop ups so it is a virus, it happen to me once.
For most (if not all) virus scanners that would be a "no". Unless the virus scan was completed and prompted that a restart is needed. So if you have paused an incomplete virus scan and decide to restart your personal computer, you would have to start all over again. Of course, it's always best to check the support for your virus protection to see what it can and cannot do.
To find out if a certain file contains a virus, scan it with a virus scanner. To do this, load up your anti-virus program (e.g. Start > All Programs > AVG 2011 > AVG User Interface). Then start a custom scan, or scan for specific files or folders. This depends on what software you have, but all anti-virus programs are similar. In the options for the custom scan, find your file and select it to be scanned, or select the folder that is in in. Start the scan, then the program will give you the answer. As for manually deleting the file, DON'T! Viruses tend to hide themselves in important system files that your computer needs. Deleting it manually may cause more damage to your computer than the virus itself could.
your anti virus scans for virus
yes, make a virus scan
1. Make sure you have the latest version of Avast and the latest virus definitions 2. Open the Avast UI 3. Go to the "Scan" tab 4. Select "Boot time scan" from the dropdown menu 5. Click "Start" and next time you boot up a boot time scan will start
Run an update on you virus scan. Then do a complete scan on your system. Your anti virus program should be able to detect and clean or even quarantine the virus.
Viruses can mess up your computer and is you scan for them you can get rid of them and know what is messing up your computer is you have a virus.
It Detects if any virus present in computer.
a virus scan
Run an online virus scan on the file at virus total
Run the local scan and online scan with a antivirus program.
Windows 7 comes with a command-line tool to start a scan with Windows Defender. Enter the following code into Command Prompt and hit Enter. cd C:\Program Files\Windows Defender MpCmdRun -Scan [scantype] Change the number to change the type of scan you want to run. 1= Quick Scan 2= Full Scan For example, MpCmdRun -Scan -2 will start a full system scan. Before starting the scan, Windows Defender will always update its database of virus signatures.