Virus message RECBC

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi all,
I scanned my friends computer with avast and found he was infected with a lot of viruses(?) and spyware I was able to remove all of them after working for about two hours with Avast and a few spyware programs. BUT. I can’t seem to get rid of a virus (Avast finds it every time) in a file called RECBC.DLL. I removed all reference from the registry and did a complete search and removed what I could find. But every time I open Internet Explorer, avast gives me the siren and tells me it is infected. It appears to have something to do with a search engine( That is where I found it in the registry) but which one or what, I don’t know. I do not have it on my own machine nor on my wife’s. anyone have an idea what this is? How can I stop it.

Thanks

Inzo1 ???

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Hi inzo1, welcome to the forums.

Please Help us to Help you - we need more information to be able to help fully, - Your Operating System, is it up to date?

  • avast! version and VPS file (virus database) number, e.g. 0436-4 (see about avast!)
  • Virus Name - infected filename
  • Location of infected file, e.g. C:\windows\system32\infectedfilename.exe

You say you used some spyware tools to remove some things, what ones?

visit the following threads, User’s FAQ - General Advice & Tools for virus/trojan/malware removal and Eddy’s HiJackThis Info and Analysis page, HijackThis log file analyzer and follow the directions there and get back to us if you need more help…

HTH David