i got the warning of the trojan virus when i downloaded gimp program. it is sending out emails but the avast scanner is not detecting it. what can i do? I have windows 7.
What gave you the warning of the trojan ?
How do you know it is sending out emails ?
Try setting the Mail Shied on Sensitivity = High as that should detect multiple emails being sent out if you have a hidden/undetected spambot on your system.
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it and report the findings (it should product a log file).
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM), On-Demand only in free version http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup.exe, right click on the link and select Save As or Save File (As depending on your browser), save it to a location where you can find it easily later.
Thanks guys. I have set the mail shield to high sensitivity maybe that will help. I know I am sending out emails because I am getting the “failure to send” send message multiple times from lots of random people in my contact list. And I request from a person to remove them from my contact list.
Tried the anti malware that was suggested but no malicious files were found.
I downloaded from gimp.org but thanks for the info.
follow the guide here and attach the OTL log and aswMBR log
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
Then essexboy will check it when he arrive