How to get rid of win32 trojan -gen???

Somehow I got the win32 trojan -gen virus onto my PC. I’m using avast! which wasn’t able to repair or remove infected file (C:/windows/start menu/programs/autostart/reboot.exe file is infected). It recommended to get it into quarantine. So I did. But the thing that happend afterwards is that I can’t run avast! at all now. There’s an error message: “ashsimple performed an incorrect operation and will be shut” which occures every time I try to run it.
Any idea how to work it out??
I’m using Win98, IE6, avast! keeping up-to-date,

any post really appreciated.

darekk1982 :-\

BackDoor-RS is a variant or alternate name…discovered 2001. I’m still searching for removal

darekk1982,

please click on the link in my signature and follow the instructions in the malware removal section. Let us know if that solved the little problem or not.

Also do a repair of Avast.

islandgirl,
and what has that got to do with this thread? If you have a problem, please use the search option on this board. A lot of questions are already answered. Many even multiple times. If you want to know how to remove malware, do the same as I suggested to darekk1982 in this post. If that doesn’t solve the problem, please start a new thread in the virusses and worms section on this board.