well im not super knowledge-able on computers but when i started up my comp. avast told me that there was a suspicious file and it gave me the name as :
i did the recommended action and ignored it and then the system told me it was gonna check all system and so it did a whole sys scan …then it restarted same thing popped up and did the scan again but it didnt find anything …so i dont know what to do now i kind of relied on avast as my main antivirus protection so im clueless on what to do!
oh i did look it up but i couldnt find anything is this a new malware/virus or whatever it is??
I may be well of track, but download Autorun Eater, and run the program. See if it reports any suspicious autorun.inf files. Its possible this threat creates a false recycle bin. Insert any pen/flash drives you think, you may have got this from, while the program is running
Just for references what to expect an example of another user’s cleansing routine for this type of malware: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/hn-exe-t228580.html&st=15 (This should not equal yours of course, therefore we need your HJT log),
Definitely also fix this: O8 - Extra context menu item: &AIM Toolbar Search - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AIM Toolbar\ieToolbar\resources\en-US\local\search.html
The entry &AIM Toolbar Search has been identified as nasty.
Check this MSMSGS.EXE by uploading to virustotal.com and give results in a next posting.
You also seem not to have any software firewall active, check all your third party software for latest version and patches with Secunia PSI: http://secunia.com/PSISetup.exe
thank you! thank you! thank you!
everyone has been a great help thank you so much for all the help! I really appreciate it
and i did learn some more stuff on protecting my comp.
