Trojan virus - avast

The_Bargain_Hunters

Hi
I have avast free home edition on my computer - i has detected a trojan virus and every time i start compter it comes up with warning - it keeps saying "move to chest" which i do - it does same again then is ok - there does not seem to be a way of removing the trojan - just storing it in chest- is this ok?

knowledgepower1

I dont use avast but Avira gives option to delete.Do you not have an option like that in Avast?

asininity

Schedule a boot time scan. If you still get the message run HiJackThis and post the log on here.

letsbehonest

I had a very similar problem last year and spent an awefull lot of time posting HJT logs and running scans ect. HJT threw up some more nasties. I was advised to get a better paid for A/V I did this and on advise bought" Kaspersky" not a lot of money £12 quid last year and I have just bought the latest 2009 for 3 PC's for £17 delivered.

Browntoa

Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.

• Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
• Double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
• When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
• When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
  • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
• Then click Finish.
• MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue. If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
• On the Scanner tab:
  • Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected.
  • Then click on the Scan button.
• If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
• The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
• When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
• Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
• Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
• Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
• When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
• The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
• Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.

Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you may be asked to reboot your computer so it can proceed with the disinfection process. Regardless if prompted to restart the computer or not, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware. MBAM may make changes to your registry as part of its disinfection routine. If you're using other security programs that detect registry changes, they may alert you after scanning with MBAM. Please permit the program to allow the changes.