VBS Malware

Viruses and worms
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Hello all,

I have WinXP SP2 and Avast! 4.5 Home and I have some problems with Avast! detecting a ‘VBS:Malware [Script]’-virus.
I’m getting this warning only since yesterday after the update from VPS 0506-1 to 0507-0.

I’m the admin of a forum hosted by Lycos and whenever I try to load one of its page, Avast! tells me there’s a ‘VBS:Malware [Script]’-virus.
The ftp account hasn’t been hacked and the php pages didn’t changed. So does that virus really exist and/or is it located in Lycos’ ads (although they are blocked by IE’s popup blocker) ?

If there is no virus, is there a way to ignore that warning and/or remove that ‘virus’ sig from the database ?

I saved one of the page out of my cache and try to remove one by one every JavaScript in it. It seems the warning comes from this piece of code :

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you are using a old version of avast, the latest edition is 4.6, run the programme update :slight_smile:

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I just ran the prog update, but it tells me that I have v4.5.561 and that it’s the lastest version :cry: ???

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http://files.avast.com/files/beta/aswbeta.exe

click on the above, restart the computer when asked, then check to see what version you are using :slight_smile:

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Thanks :slight_smile: Prog updated to v4.6.598.

I’m gonna reboot my comp and see if I have the same problem now.

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I still have the ‘VBS:Malware [Script]’ Warning :frowning:

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try running a boot time scan!

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Scan performed : except the infected html pages of my forum which are in the Internet Cache, my comp is virus-free.

Edit : the warning is still there :cry:

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I made other tests, and it seems that the code quoted above (first post edited) is the ‘VBS:Malware [Script]’
Could someboy tell me if there’s really something that could harm my comp in that script or if it’s just Avast! warning me for nothing ???