reported virus after scan

hi there, i did a scan this morning & the result suggested i had a rootkit in hidden file. the path for this was
C:\WINDOWS\Temp_asw_aisl.tm~a03204.

when i tried to move to chest it informed me that ‘the system cannot find the file specified(2)’

i subsequently set system to ‘show hidden files’ & did 2 more full scans including a boot time scan which have returned ‘no virus found’ results.

so, my question is : do i have a problem or not & could this have been glitch in the system. if i do have a problem then how can i solve it if the system cant find specified file.

thanks

llanedeyrnjack

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_asw_aisl.tm~a03204.
Try cleaning your temp files with TFC - Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/TFC-Temp-File-Cleaner-OldTimer-file187.html TFC requires a reboot immediately after running. Be sure to save any unsaved work before running TFC.

Check your computer for Malware with

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 http://filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
always run update so you have latest database before you scan
click the remove selected button to quarantine anything found
if anything found you may post the scan log here

thanks for the reply pondus.

i have now cleaned temp files with TFC & i had already scanned with MBAM which found nothing.

but my real question is why 2 subsequent full scans including a boot time scan revealed no virus even though i had done nothing to delete the original virus. as i said in my previous post when i tried to move it to the chest it told me the file could not be found.

i wonder if you might be able to shed some light on this for me

thanks again

Temp files are being created after windows startup, when you did boot-scan, no component was working to create temp files.
But, _asw_aisl.tm look-likes belong to avast itself, it’s weird if your avast flagged it, I’ve no clue about this one now!