Sign of “Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}” has been found in “C:\WINXP2\Cyb2k.exe” file.
any idea why our NET nanny is gone from the computer, ICON, programs everything. It is not even in the “add/remove programs” just vanished. As I started to look around I notice that in the AVAST event viewer…
event ID 90.
Sign of “Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}” has been found in “C:\WINXP2\Cyb2k.exe” file.
I have since moved the file to the chest. Still not sure what happened, sites are still being blocked, just not sure if there is some back door open?
Well google says that is a CyberSitter file, so it may be a false positive
Some icons are extracted from .exe files so this might possibly be why the icon has gone walk about if this is an FP.
The avast Win32:Trojan-gen is generic signature (the -gen at the end of the malware name), so that is trying to catch multiple variants of the same type of malware and is a fine balance between detecting a new variant and detecting something valid as infected.
You could also check the offending/suspect file at: VirusTotal - Multi engine on-line virus scanner and report the findings here the URL in the Address bar of the VT results page. You can’t do this with the file securely in the chest, you need to extract it to a temporary (not original) location first, see below.
Create a folder called Suspect in the C:\ drive, e.g. C:\Suspect. Now exclude that folder in the Standard Shield, Customize, Advanced, Add, type (or copy and paste) C:\Suspect* That will stop the standard shield scanning any file you put in that folder. You should now be able to export any file in the chest to this folder and upload it to VirusTotal without avast alerting.