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Have these viruses gone or not ?
02-06-2010 8:15 PM
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Can someone give me a bit more information about the following,
Scan name: Full system scan
* Started on: Saturday, May 29, 2010 7:35:08 PM
* VPS: 100530-0, 30/05/2010
*
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP13\A0007935.exe
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP13\A0007944.exe
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP6\A0006308.exe
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP6\A0006309.exe
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP7\A0006379.exe
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{77D00644-4C26-4B96-B9FF-9CCC5F1956FC}\RP8\A0006408.exe
Infected files: 6
Total files: 154661
Total folders: 14043
Total size: 94.6 GB
I Have tried to delete these files but Avast simply says Error the system cannot find the file specified.
I Have deleted ALL my restore points and rescanned but the above still shows what should I do now
The main advice was to run Malwarebytes which I did and this found and deleted these files.
Ran Malwarebytes again and it returned 0 files affected but this is the strange bit I then ran Avast again and it found the above 6 files but continues to report Error cannot find the specified files.
So are these viruses/trojans still there or have they been deleted.
Computer (windows 7) runs fine and all the usual windows updates have found nothing but I am still puzzled why Avast is still showing these files.... I can't move these files to the chest, delete or repair them because it can't find them so I am more puzzled than worried but would welcome any opinions
Re: Have these viruses gone or not ?
02-06-2010 10:13 PM
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Re: Have these viruses gone or not ?
02-06-2010 10:30 PM
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One way out of it is to turn off System Restore then reduce the permitted space to a minimum. This will get rid of the files.
It may need a reboot
After that set the system restore space again (mine is set to 5%) and re-enable system restore and create a restore point
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html
Re: Have these viruses gone or not ?
03-06-2010 10:52 AM
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Edit: Which means that you should follow Oldjim's advice but there was never much to worry about.
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03-06-2010 12:56 PM
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04-06-2010 10:02 AM
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Followed your advice and everything is sorted.... just don't know where this lot came from in the first place !
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04-06-2010 10:22 PM
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Internet Explorer (v8), Firefox 3.6.3, Chrome 5.0.375.55 (Help - About will tell you the version number)
Java 6.20, Adobe Flash Player 10 (latest version),
Adobe Reader 9.3.2
Qucktime 7.6.6, Real Player SP
etc
Re: Have these viruses gone or not ?
05-06-2010 8:25 AM
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05-06-2010 9:16 AM
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But the point is that at any one time any one (or more) of these programs could be insecure but it's a very safe bet that the latest version is more secure than its predecessors.
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05-06-2010 9:52 AM
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