Nutcracker family

Viruses and worms
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:slight_smile: hi!! last week after emptying the trash in my yahoo e-mail account, avast gave me a warning that a virus had been found. ? so i immediately updated avast version 4.8 home edition (free) and malwarebytes, then scanned the system (XP Home edition, SP 1&2) and didn’t find anything after scanning the system, but, found in the avast log viewer, under “warning,” “Nutcracker family found in http://us…” (cannot read the complete url address)

not sure what to do even after reading info on Nutcracker family virus. should i be concerned? is our pc infected with the virus?? ??? if the pc is infected, what should i do?? reformat?? or is it possibly a false positive??

any assistance will be greatly appreciated!!! ;D

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From the info i find Nutcracker is an old file infector virus, not sure how difficult it is to remove…maybe avast! got it all

some info here

http://www.securelist.com/en/descriptions/77269/Virus.Multi.Nutcracker.AB0.a
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/nutcrack.shtml
http://threatinfo.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/alphalisting.asp?NAV=14&ltr=N

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As it states HTTP then it would suggest that webshield stopped it

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;D Thank you Pondus and essexboy for your assistance!! i greatly appreciate your quick replies!!

i found a lot on the Nutcracker family after doing a search on the forum. i believe avast webshield stopped it. 8) (wiping sweat off brow) my better half freaks out whenever he peeks in the avast log and finds something i’ve ‘discovered’ on the internet, lol!! but, i wanted to be certain that the puter was ok.

Thanks y’all!! ;D 8)

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so i immediately updated avast version 4.8 home edition (free)
do you know there is a new avast 5.....and support for avast 4.8 will soon end

Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.677 http://filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/

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update to v5… the problem with Nutcracker false positives is resolved there…

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Welcome to the forums, Gkid :slight_smile:

You should also consider updating XP to SP3 to close security holes in the OS.

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oh, didn’t know that v5 was out already. many thanks for the suggestion, maxx_original and pondus!! ;D
do i need to download v5 then uninstall v4.8?? ???

hi, charleyo :), and thank you for the warm welcome!! oh lordy, charleyo, we downloaded sp3 once and the puter went wack-o for some strange reason. it’s been some time ago, but, i think it made the puter slow as a turtle if i remember correctly.