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Hello,<br />
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Its possible for any antivirus to have false-positives and this is why its best to use the well-known brands only. ZoneAlarm should be good as per my experience, you can backup your favorites in another place to have a copy if the antivirus deletes them. Although, the good brands shouldn't have any problems.<br />
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Hope it helps.
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Hello,

Its possible for any antivirus to have false-positives and this is why its best to use the well-known brands only. ZoneAlarm should be good as per my experience, you can backup your favorites in another place to have a copy if the antivirus deletes them. Although, the good brands shouldn't have any problems.

Hope it helps.

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When I earlier scanned my external HDDs with Rising Anti-virus, Rising deleted not only the viruses, but also non-viruses such as my Internet Favorites etc. Do most anti-virus softwares act like this? I have changed to ZoneAlarm Extreme Security now, and will soon use it to get rid of viruses. But I'm afraid the same thing will happen: it will remove also important personal files such as my Favorites. How can I prevent this?
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When I earlier scanned my external HDDs with Rising Anti-virus, Rising deleted not only the viruses, but also non-viruses such as my Internet Favorites etc. Do most anti-virus softwares act like this? I have changed to ZoneAlarm Extreme Security now, and will soon use it to get rid of viruses. But I'm afraid the same thing will happen: it will remove also important personal files such as my Favorites. How can I prevent this?

How to prevent accidental removal of non-virus by anti-virus software: ZoneAlarm Extreme Security

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.