"Guys don't always blindly trust AV software."Chris,Don't know who you are responding to (Alex??) but there's only ONE person in this thread who claimed he received a virus using a Cloud 9 program. That was the originator of this thread (jerrycwo4). I wish you would have responded to his message and not to one of us "guys" who already totally agreed to what you stated (in less words, mind you). I know we should not blindly trust AV software and really resent your insinuation that I may be "blind". I think some of these other posters in this thread are somewhat computer geeks too and don't need your advice (or they would have started their own thread)."Good to see you got your computer fixed, but I also have all of Cloud9's product and none of them have slowed me down a bit :-)"Again it appears you should have responded to the originator of this thread and not to Alex. Alex and others in this thread had NO problems. Just the originator.Thanks.Respectfully,Jim Young

I apologize. I was actually kind of responding to the originator, not the posters. :-) And in actuality -- uhm -- I didnt read the responses. . . I actually only read the poster's comment when i hit "reply". On some threadas I read the threads all the way through, but on this one I didnt see the need, and still don't see the need. "Guys" was just a generalization as I forgot the name of the poster when i hit reply and signatures do not appear in the box when you are replying. It felt better than saying "Sir" -- I myself hate being called "Sir" . . . I work for a living ;-)Sorry for the misunderstanding, though. And the originator I thought said he fixed his computer by removing th file -- thus I was indeed addressing him. Heheh. Been a long day.

Edit by forum mod: Personal attack removed.

This has been touched on by a couple people.If you are unsure whether it is safe to delete the particular file without any side effect on your system's functionality, we suggest you tick the Copy to quarantine checkbox before you choose to delete it. Please bear in mind that most viruses copy themselves to system folders such as windows or windowssystem32 to confuse the user. Should you have any concerns about deleting the file and were unable to find any description of it neither on our website nor on the web, please send the suspicious file to e-mail address deleted for analysis.The paragraph above is a DIRECT quote from the NOD32 web site FAQ.Note the first phrase "If you are unsure" - I've been in the corporate IT world for 20 years. I've built images for desktops, several hundred software installs, worked on implementing an anti-virus solution for a world-wide company - and I'm not SURE about a virus warning.I always QUARANTINE and then research any warning.A virus warning does NOT mean delete the file It tells you there is a SUSPICIONof a possible virus - NOT there is a virus on your computer.Like any software, or tool, anti-virus programs expect the user to have the intelligence to read the manuals, learn what action to take, and not jump on web sites proclaiming they found a virus without having the AV company verify the file is infected.Deleting the file and not submitting it to the AV company is a very selfish thing to do.If the company finds a real virus in the file - that verification is essential for the publisher of the software and the AV company. You can help protect a lot of your fellow flightsimmers.If the AV company finds there is not a virus - you can help keep a lot of your fellow flightsimmers from foolishly deleting files they need.

Good points Reggie. Just to emphasize the last comment, it's really, really important to send a suspect file to the company who wrote the AV software. If the file proves not to be infected the companies want, and need, to know that as that is the only way they have of finding possible fixes in their software for the false-positives. Just deleting the file doesn't help anyone.Doug