Trojan, AVG, Comodo and windows defender

louloututu

Hi All

I have got myself into a real state of confusion re my anti virus, firewall etc and I have a Trojan identified by AVG that it can't heal.

OK the facts: I have AVG free edition 8.5 & comodo firewall. AVG has detected Trojan horse Generic 18.AIJH which AVG is unable to heal or remove and its status is "infected".

AVG tells me that the process name for this virus is:

C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe

Does anyone have any advice on this please.

Thanks all

Lou

GunJack

first off, disable comodo and switch on windows firewall.

then download Malwarebytes from here:-

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

download latest version, install, update and full scan. Delete anything it finds. Should sort you out.

Also, ditch avg and install avira or avast av. Use the avg removal tool here:-
http://www.avg.com/gb-en/download-tools

louloututu

Thank you so much, I'll do it all now. :T

gnvqsos

louloututu wrote: »

Hi All

I have got myself into a real state of confusion re my anti virus, firewall etc and I have a Trojan identified by AVG that it can't heal.

OK the facts: I have AVG free edition 8.5 & comodo firewall. AVG has detected Trojan horse Generic 18.AIJH which AVG is unable to heal or remove and its status is "infected".

AVG tells me that the process name for this virus is:

C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe

Does anyone have any advice on this please.

Thanks all

Lou

You could also google name of virus to discover how others have beat this.If you cant run spyware etc, download a copy to a usb (memory)stick and run from there.If stuck send me pm for my email
John

closed

upload cmdagent.exe to http://www.virustotal.com/ , it looks like a false positive.

avast and windows firewall would be better than avg and comodo imo.

John_the_Boy

This is a false positive as this is part of comodo firewall. Quite a few articles on the web about AVG incorrectly flagging this as a virus.

eg ...
http://forums.comodo.com/anti_virus_help/heurcav_and_cmdagentexe_showing_as_viruses-t35739.0.html

GunJack

closed wrote: »

upload cmdagent.exe to http://www.virustotal.com/ , it looks like a false positive.

avast and windows firewall are would be better than avg and comodo imo.

exactly, hence checking with mbam and a decent av

aliEnRIK

louloututu wrote: »

AVG tells me that the process name for this virus is:

C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe

Does anyone have any advice on this please.

Yep, ditch AVG

louloututu

GunJack

Thank you for your advice, I scanned with Malwarebytes then installed Avast and uninstalled AVG. The virus has gone and my laptop is running a lot smoother - Thank you again.

Also thanks to all of you who replied - enjoy the rest of your day.

Loulou :j

closed

probably run even smoother without comodo