when i have cmd.exe running and i run a memory scan i get threat detected process 3332 [cmd.exe] / severity high / status threat win32: trojan-gen, i have formatted my operating system partition and i dont get before the web rep avast update but still get this after newest av update. it has happened on 2 different computers with no files in common…
if i do a scan of the full system without launching cmd.exe no threat is found, only if i start cmd.exe and do a memory scan…
i have installed the free trial of kaspersky av, updated it, scanned the memory and when cmd.exe is running it does not find see it? please help?
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yes i uninstalled avast before installing kaspersky trial…
i already know that sp2 is not supported my microsoft and the fact that they dont support it is not relavant imo.
what the issue is for me is its either a virus/trojan or its a false positive… this what i need to know. and how to get rid of it if it is a virus/trojan.
what would be interesting to know is if other people are using windows xp sp2 and avast does report as a trojan if you run cmd.exe and do a memory scan but not if just scan cmd.exe?
On a generic note, an antivirus will NOT fix the security holes in your operating system. It is not designed to do so. Other tools like EMET might help there, but then anyway there is totally no reason to not install the latest SP.
