Grateful for tips, thoughts, comments.

Viruses and worms
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Dear Forum,

Today Avast detected (and stopped?) an infection from an inserted foreign USB drive. It was ‘Threat: Inf:AutoRun-DE [Wrm]’ from the file D:\autorun.inf.

A full scan of the computer’s hard drive with the latest MBAM version (fully updated) produced a log with a clean bill of health.

A quick scan with the latest fully updated Avast databases also showed no infection.

Questions:

  1. Is it worth doing a full system scan with Avast?
  2. Is a boot-time scan a better option?
  3. Are there any other tools or scanners which would be a good idea to run?

Thank you in advance for your help, comments and thoughts.

Best wishes,

Avastfan1

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if avast already stopped and moved it to chest, then i guess it saved you
and the scan you have done already shoud be enough to confirm that

i recomend a additional tool installed…install and forget. http://amf.mycity.rs/mcshield/

God jul og godt nytt år ;D

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Tack ska du ha! Gått nytt år till dig med!

Använder du programmet själv?

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yepp i do…on all machines
also installed on all family machines

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there is a full topic with info about it here. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=104046.0

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Thanks for the reply Pondus.

I had already located that thread, and given the information in it, I think I will wait until McShield becomes an established product among forum users.

Are there really no other scans you would recommend?

I was thinking of HJT which is fairly harmless to run (assuming nothing is fixed or changed).

Do not think it is a good idea to run TDSSkiller or any of the more exotic malware / scanning applications without guidance from Essexboy or others.

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I was thinking of HJT which is fairly harmless to run (assuming nothing is fixed or changed).
if you want a check inside then run OTL and let essexboy have a look... HJT is not updated anymore....OTL is and is better. :)
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Thank you for the tip Pondus!

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Essexboy I have sent you a PM.

Thank you.

Avastfan1

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As usual, this thread can now be marked as solved due to the fine work of our finest: Pondus and Essexboy.

Love you lads! Keep up the sterling work!

Avastfan1