New / old virus from Google

Viruses and worms
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Seems everyone at Avast is busy containing a real world virus, so I’ll try here.

A while back, when Yahoo discontinued their group services, they gave us all the option of downloading our old groups, complete with attachments.

What a bunch of nice fellows.

Unfortunately, today I did a boot scan of my (completely updated) computer and each and every compilation they sent was infected with Yamanner!

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanner

Since this virus dates back to 2006 and exploited a flaw in Java, it may have (hopefully) been corrected this might not be a problem on a Windows 10 system.

However, that boot scan also showed emails infected with TruePad.exe, and therefore deleted.

I have no idea yet what TruePad.exe is. It doesn’t show up in searches at Norton, Symantec or Avast. I don’t even know what actions to take beyond a boot scan with Avast. But it was considered serious enough to do an unprompted quarantine.

See my screenshot at https://ilovecomixarchive.box.com/s/801c90tlfz3wawonnn2n2ly80j2r72zi

Something new? Who do I report this to? I couldn’t even find a direct email for Google.

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TruePad: Truepad is a next-generation real estate search engine …
https://angel.co/company/truepad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQ9EShBB54

Boot scan is not meant to be used as a regular scanner, it is a special tool to be used if you have problems removing a infection

Something new? Who do I report this to? I couldn't even find a direct email for Google.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438
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So this is a false positive?

I used the boot scan because Windows informed me Avast was turned off – and it wouldn’t let me turn it on manually, even after a reinstall.

My attempt to uninstall it produced a previously unseen “repair” option. That seemed to work, but a Smart Scan showed 2 new viruses, so I played it safe with a boot scan.

Are you with Avast? What about that Google virus?

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Are you with Avast?
No ... they have a avast logo and avast team below there name
What about that Google virus?
What google virus? ... do you mean Yahoo?

The yamanner detection you got is not a virus but a worm JS:Yamanner[Wrm] JS=Java script [Wrm]= Worm

TrendMicro Jun. 12, 2006: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/archive/malware/JS_YAMANNER.A

Jun 12, 2006 https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121196/symantec-identifies-new-javascript-worm.html

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Thanks.

Yes I meant Yahoo worm. Oops