i would blame spyware but...

the usual amount came up AND my main system comes up clean when i run avast. i’m running WAY slow, update weekly.

howeverrrr, my other pc (which i hardly ever use) has a newer version of avast. tonight i plugged my jumpdrive in and jumped on the web. not even 10 minutes later sirens went off. it was a worm.

my gut points to the obvious- my beloved machine carried this over to the older one.

i’m not going to shut down my machine tonight – there’s too much at stake.i will download the new version however. i’m running so slow it’s well… you know. arrrgh!

i guess my question is, do i need a whole new version? why didn’t my updates detect this?
i’m running version 4.6 home edition

thanks for your help - this stuff freaks me out.

What vps version is on the system(s)?

just yesterday…

0607-1, 02/14/06
thanks for such a fast reply! :smiley:

What was the name of the malware, and what was the exact location where it was detected?

it was a url. i don’t know if i typed it in correctly because it never opened (thankfully!-avast jumped up fast)… but assuming i did, it was copperfieldliquors dot com

(broken link to prevent clicking)

Wasn’t it a Web Shield alert then? Web Shield detects malicious stuff when you are browsing on web and prevents it from entering your computer.

yes, it was. that saved me from getting the worm. however, i am back on my old computer again. right after i posted this, i ran the software (like i said i would)- it found a trojan in 2 places on my hard drive (e: and f: drives. i thought those drives were safe!)
the trojan was found in 2 system files… not repairable. i had to delete.
right after my connection died-- so i guess i deleted something associated with my interet. i did a system restore to try to get my LAN working again, but no luck.

i have the details in a text file, but i’m not on my computer. i’ll post them later =(

I’d say some trojan downloader or dropper is involved.
Malware doesn’t download itself on it’s own from nowhere…

i don’t understand. what’s a trojan downloader?

Hi look here:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19394.0

polonus