Hey yes… I completely forgot about that… plus i thought i did not need to do that again…
BUT it ran the avast boot scan and found zero infected files did a scan of just C:\Windows\ while windows xp was running
It came out clean.
Did a quickscan… came out clean (avast)
I’m running Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal and it found 1 infected file so far…
Kind of interesting.
What did the tool find out of curiosity
I cant remember it quite clearly but i do believe it found:
win32loader
and it reported it deleted… I ran the scan again and it was not found the second time (as it was deleted the first time).
Okay i started the thread off a bit angry at Avast but I found out rootkits are dangerously silent when they infest the computer.
I thought Avast killed my xp install but it was mainly just my lack of complete computer guru knowledge about AHCI mode not supported on the original XP install disc… so just needed a repair install and a few extra virus scans and I’m good…
Now i have 116 updates since windows XP SP3… they should come out with SP4… lol
That is very true about rootkits and they change on a daily basis as well, which does not help matters at all