In a time of 42 minutes, 43 seconds (raising arm), the winner: Avast! 
It took two other anti-virus products over two hours each to do a system scan. Avast! scanned 8.1 Gb in less than three-quarters of an hour!
Avast! also found two instances of ad-ware and one trojan horse (which were all moved to the Virus Chest), that AVG and McAfee did not previously detect.
Thank you!
WElcome to the Avast forum
Thanks for posting
Old news here
Great news for the Web in general
however since you did find some hits I’d suggest rt clicking on the avast ball and scheduling a boot time scan- update first
also you might want to scan with Malware bytes anti malware, Spybot search and destroy and/ or Super anti spyware
since you were running McAfee did you run the McAfee uninstaller tool or just remove from add/remove programs
McAfee has the habit of leaving fragments which interfere greatly with computer enjoyment
If you did not run the tool and/or have used other AV programs post the details, OS, Firewall , other security software
Thanks again for Posting
what exactly did you find?
do not delete from chest- they are safe there
It found:
Win32:Spyware-gen [ Trj ] (npwthost.dll)
Win32:Adware-gen [ Adw ] (wtmulti.dll) [Avast! found this one in two locations.]
A boot-time scan will be scheduled.
I removed McAfee via Add/Remove programs. I was not aware they had a remover tool. I knew Symantec/Norton had one though.
Note: This tool (previously named MCPR2.EXE) is not compatible with Microsoft Windows 98 or ME.
Thank you for the link.
It is in the middle of a boot-scan right now (50% completed).
It appears you have WildTangent. You did a great job sending the files to the chest where it can’t do any harm.
Let us know if you find any more WildTangent infections.
good eyes jtaylor83
OP
if you start having connectivity problems, system hangs etc the old AV could be the problem
NO rush to do it now but do not forget this possibility and keep that link handy
you will most likely have to uninstall your current AV and run the removal tool and then run the Mcafee tool
if you ever had Norton or Panda they have tools too (as you said)
you can also run the antivir uninstall registry clean up tool - it cleans up most everything
and then reinstall
Are you using wild tangent?
rogue wild tangent installs from unknown links are frequently loaded with bad stuff
BVVC
Hi…
You mean Wild Tangent as in “Wild Games,” with the purple writing and spaceship looking logo? :
If so, I’ve been very fortunate, Praise the Lord! :o
Thanks!
Although, I’ll have to keep it installed as two games I like are from Wild Tangent.
Best Regards…
I do not recall specifically installing WildTangent, but in Add/Remove Programs, there is a “WildTangent WebDriver” listed. Is this something that should be removed/uninstalled? If so, I’ll do it.
When it ran the boot scan earlier today, that scan found three additional items, all were WildTangent-related. Avast! has now found six items that McAfee and AVG failed to detect.
epp
read the two links I posted above
in addition to avast I recommend that you have spywareblaster if you use IE
keep updated
have spybot search and destroy, malware bytes antimalware and or Super anti spy SAS handy
all have advantages and disadvantages we can discuss if you are not familiar with them
is your java up to date?
I use SeaMonkey in Windows most of the time, but will use IE if a page does not display correctly.
Other times, I use Linux (and installed the Linux version of Avast!).
Java is up to date. The ISP provides an IE toolbar which contains a spyware remover, I believe it may actually be Pest Patrol. The last time I ran that, it did not detect any of the WildTangent items, but found some cookies.
from Spybot forum Sept 2007
next post has a unexplained Wild Tangent hit
go figure
bundled software? “affiliates” “partners” pay per install links?
WildTangent’s software has never been spyware. It’s never installed without a users express permission, it does not self update without the installing user accepting a EULA and choosing automated patching. The updater never tracked any personally identifiable information, it was used to automatically update games to fix game bugs or deal with new driver or OS bugs. WildTangent’s games and old updaters all come with full standard windows uninstall support. If a user uses S&D to remove the old versions of the WT updater it can damage the updater and break the standard uninstaller causing the updater to run rogue. The best thing to do in this case is reinstall the game from its original source, then uninstall it. This process will fix the broken updater then remove it cleanly.
Modern Wildtangent games and the WildTangent game console no longer self update because of consumer spyware concerns. All WildTangent game updates are now manual requiring the user to expressly request a patch.
-Alex St. John
WildTangent CEO