DL444

Your anti-virus advice is spot on, that is indeed how most anti-viral apps work. However, some anti-virus apps, like Norton, look out for virus-like behaviour, e.g. new/unknown virus attacks your PC and your AV does not have a signiature for it yet. But before this new virus can do any damage the AV app catches and deletes it.

About a year, or so, ago my then Norton AV 2003 caught something that was behaving like a virus and zapped it.

So all in all, it depends on the AV you are using and the facilities it has.



UK Bob