win32:hoax alarm

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

After updating my avast database and installing a windows media I now get a constant alarm (2 every 15 mins)from the avast on-line scanner in this directory.

trojan or malaware …it says win32:hoax alarm

c:\windows\system32\1024

and I put this in the exclusions on avast and it did nothing.

This is really annoying . What do i do and I have run avast and adaware

2

Hi jagguy,

You need to download this tool and use as instructed on the page:

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

Follow this with a scan with Ewido anti-malware scanner:

http://www.ewido.net/en/

3

thanks
i ran the smitfraud and we will see if that stops it.

why didn’t avast or adaware pick this up or cwshredder?