The virus contains checks to avoid infecting "goat" or "bait" files (files that are created by anti-virus programs).

Am I better off buying sterilized, bagged stuff to avoid infecting my garden plants?

At the medical center, the new patient was taken through the ambulance entrance, to avoid infecting the half-dozen patients in the waiting room.

The most important thing is to avoid infecting any more of your crew, though.

Afterward, the computer is shut down again to avoid infecting some future program being run, computer security managers say.

The virus avoids infecting more than five files in a given folder to avoid detection.

To avoid infecting his colleagues, he lived in a huge cask in the middle of a field during the plague.

Sality avoids infecting particular files, in order to remain hidden in the computer:

It's important to seek treatment to prevent serious complications and avoid infecting your partner.

When I suggested going to a hotel to avoid infecting her family - including her two young children - she agreed that it was best.