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AVAST detected a rootkit, help please

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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Id say your good to go (just take note if anything doesnt seem right as you use it)
    :idea:
  • poppie123
    poppie123 Posts: 957 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Id say your good to go (just take note if anything doesnt seem right as you use it)

    Sorry do you mean now run combofix or do you mean you think my computer is ok to use now but just keep an eye on things.
  • poppie123
    poppie123 Posts: 957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have just done some looking around and it seems that C:\## aswSnx private storage thing that Sophos found it related to avast sandbox and is not a rootkit at all.
    I hope that is right.:)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    poppie123 wrote: »
    Sorry do you mean now run combofix or do you mean you think my computer is ok to use now but just keep an eye on things.

    Use your computer as normal and keep on eye on things
    :idea:
  • poppie123
    poppie123 Posts: 957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Use your computer as normal and keep on eye on things

    Thank you so much for all your help. I really really do appreciate it :D Tomorrow i will not worry about checking my banks online.

    Thankyou again. :T
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Happy computing :)
    :idea:
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