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Help! Virus - avgnt.exe is infected!

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  • HUFCsteve
    HUFCsteve Posts: 513 Forumite
    Help please!

    Dr.Web is currently running and it's prompting me as a Java folder 'archive contains infected objects'. It's asking me whether I want to move (options = Yes to All, Yes, No, No to All).
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 12,016
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
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    if you click yes to all, you can leave the pc running away happily, DrWeb can take hours (literally, think RIK mentioned average 12 hrs) then it will move any nasties it finds without further intervention :)
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • HUFCsteve
    HUFCsteve Posts: 513 Forumite
    Ran Dr.Web and it found a few nasties which I ticked for it to cure. There were 2 incurable files which it has quarantined - what do I do with these? Do I delete them manually? It talked about a log file being created but I can't seem to open it (it's quite big 140MB).
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    Theyre quite safe in quarantine

    id say your good to go now :)
    :idea:
  • HUFCsteve
    HUFCsteve Posts: 513 Forumite
    Thanks for your help and patience! I ran ccleaner and it found a number of Registry issues - do I fix everything it found?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    Ive never had a problem running ccleaners registry cleaner so id say go for it
    :idea:
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