This is my 1st post. I’ve read other posts about win32: malware-gen but I’ve been unable or not skilled enough to understand and apply the manual fixes that seem to be necessary.
Safe mode scans by Malwarebytes and Superantispyware do not find this virus but an Avast boot scan repeatedly finds it and some related infected files. Avast can isolate the related files but when attempting any of the fix options (delete, repair, move, ignore), I get this error: “operation is not supported for this type of archive.” The only action I can perform is to exit the scan. The location is in some Dell shovelware:
Dell Embassy Trust Suite\embassy trust suite\wave infrastructure\wave infrastructure.msi>data1.cab1|>…(long series of numbers & letters).
I could not attach the full OTS log due to upload size limitations, but I did attach the first part of the log file with the system information.
Dell Embassy Trust Suite is a legit product usually preinstalled on Dell laptops. Looks like FP to me. “operation is not supported for this type of archive” message merely tells you that avast! is not able to delete files selectively from the CAB archive. It could delete the entire archive instead if you set the actions accordingly.
IOW, I’d suggest to submit this as possible FP to Avast…