Hello all,
Avast resident shield recently picked up a trojan file called “ad-aware.exe.hdmp” which it labelled as a “Win32:Powerspider-F” trojan. I immediately put the file in the Avast Virus chest.
How can I:
-check to make sure that the trojan is contained;
-make sure that it caused no damage; and
-repair any damage it caused?
Thanks!
Some notes about the problem:
-I believe the file was less than one day old when Avast caught it. This is for 3 reasons: I regularly scan my computer with several programs; I had a hunch something odd was happening with my computer; and the file was in the temporary files folder, which I clean out several times a day with CCleaner.
-The file was never moved or opened by me.
-Symantec has a list of attributes of Powerspider (http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-070416-2510-99&tabid=2). Of all the files and registry entries listed, my computer has none.
-Google has only 3 results for “ad-aware.exe.hdmp”. The most helpful I could find was in Portuguese (http://linhadefensiva.uol.com.br/forum/index.php?showtopic=44176). From the imperfect translation by Google Translate, the page said one symptom of the virus is disappearing entries in the Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs window. Neither of these things happened to me.