Over the last month or so have developed a problem in which avast picks up on some win32Malware-gen whenever I open either Firefox/Internet Explorer. I’ve attached a screenshot of an example of what is being blocked in avast.
Webshield also picks up a win32Malware-gen with a URL along the lines of http://ytimg.biz/MCheck/VersionRequest.ashx?codename …
I also have Chrome which I use but have not encountered this problem
[*]Close any open browsers
[*] Temporarily disable your AntiVirus program. (If necessary)
If you are unsure how to do this please read this or this Instruction.
[*]Double click on zoek.exe to run the tool . Please wait while the tool does not start…
[*]Copy the text present inside the code box below and paste it into the large window in the zoek tool:
Wait for zoek to finish his work and post here fresh created zoek log report.
Zoek shall attempt to clean all that cache which may trigger avast. If problem stays, you may report files related to Windows Live Messanger and to Firefox (“D3C22d01” name) as FP. As they are not malware related.