HI. After upgrading my avastHOME 4.7 to 4.8 in C:\ i found a strange txt file named “1.txt”. Inside i can find smomething like this:
URL: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2.0
It changes acording to the site, this is what it shows now. It doesnt change if i use Mozila Firefox, olny with IE. I checked my system no viruses, no new unknown processes running. Also i am using IE 6.0 and my avast is version 4.8.1201. Anny suggestions? Thanks in advance
Hill, the links you’ve posted are from avast forums, are they included into the 1.txt file?
If you delete the file, will it reappear?
General cleaning procedure includes:
Disable System Restore and reenable it after step 3.
Clean your temporary files.
Schedule a boot time scanning with avast with archive scanning turned on.
Use SUPERantispyware, MBAM or Spyware Terminator to scan for spywares and trojans. If any infection is detected, better and safer is send the file to Quarantine than to simple delete than.
If what you’re experiencing is only in IE and not Firefox, one other possibility is cookies - don’t forget that IE cookies are individual TXTs, as opposed to entries in one of the Firefox profile files.
C:\ is an odd location for these (usually they’re in one or more Temporary Internet Files folders), which is why Tech’s suggestions are a better starting point. But if I remember correctly, you can change the default location for IE cookies, cache, etc.
After scanning with Spyware Terminator i found out it was somekind of spyware, i removed it with the program but after 2 restarts of my system the file showed up again. So i reinstalled windows and now its gone :). Thanks for the suggestions.
