I just ran a boot scan, after a few hours it found 7 infections. They all had very strange names.
And they were all in C:\Users*****\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment
(The **** is my name)
Names like “padle.class”,“hubert.class”,“CusBen.class”,“Trollllllle.class”
And there was 3 others. They were all listed as severe and I moved them to the chest. Did I do the right thing?
(This is my first avast! forum post, sorry if it isn’t the way it should be or something.)
And there was 3 others. They were all listed as severe and I moved them to the chest. Did I do the right thing?yes..... can you list the name given by avast
Clean, Quarantine, or Delete?
http://antivirus.about.com/b/2007/03/11/clean-quarantine-or-delete.htm
do you have the latest version of java ?
you can use secunia online scanner to check for outdated software with security risk
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/
Uninstall Java.
Delete anything in C drive — WINDOWS files---- Downloaded programs.
Then reinstall Java .
Download Malewarebytes— update then do a scan.
A link if you need it
http://downloads.cnet.co.uk/view/security-software/malwarebytes-anti-malware-39282203/
The name given by avast! was:
Java:Agent-GP[Expl]
Now, it found 7 things like I said. And where it says “GP” was different on each one. E.g, the “Trolllllll.class” one was “EN” I don’t know much about this, hopefully you understand.
Java:Agent-GP[Expl]GP is the version they found. Today we found a java exploit an we call it A, next day a new version is found and they call it B an when the hole alphabet is used the start from the beginning again, AA - AB - AC...... The Expl means it will exploit vulnerability in the java system and that is why you need to have latest version of java where those security holes have been fixed, then the bug cant do anything even if not detected
here is one example
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Exploit%3AJava%2FCVE-2010-0840.W