Defragmenting my hard drive

[indyrob]

I'm defragging my HD (I haven't done it for a year or so) but I keep getting the anti-virus program prompts that are showing me that Trojans are being quarantined, Trojan/Downloader win32 zlob bn

Is that normal for trojans to be buried and don't pop up until you defrag?

 

[Wasch_24]

Weird.

 

[tedski]

Defragging a HD means you are basically erasing and then rewriting files on the disk and the new addresses of those malware files now need to be re-flagged. I usually set the option on my AV program to delete those files instead of quarantining them.

 

[indyrob]

Defragging a HD means you are basically erasing and then rewriting files on the disk and the new addresses of those

I understood this part w/o any problems....

malware files now need to be re-flagged. I usually set the option on my AV program to delete those files instead of quarantining them.

"malware" threw me for a loop and made me think.

Thanks for the info Ted, I understand it now.:thumbsup:

 

[Poni]

I set mine to defrag at least 1x a month i think.

 

[pdonlin]

I would boot into safe mode, run a full antivirus scan and spyware scan, and disable/enable system restore to purge old checkpoints which might have viruses/spyware stuck in them. After doing this do a defrag on the hard drive and since your in safemode the process should not get bothered.

 

[caudio51]

I try to defrag once a month as well.

I run a virus scan fairly often. Adaware weekly if I remember.