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Help! AVG virus detected - Flooder.ake

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Hi people!

Can any of you pc wise guys help me out?

My latest AVG virus scan has just detected and automatically quarantined the Flooder.ake Trojan horse in winlogon.exe

I did a Google search on it, and found a help site which suggested that if I shut down my pc it will not be able to reboot because the virus will seize it in a loop??

Does anyone know about this virus?

I'm frightened to shut down my pc now because I don't have a windows XP pack disc to re-install it if necessary.

Can someone tell me if I'm safe to shut down my PC please??

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  • startrekker
    startrekker Posts: 1,162 Forumite
    I think the answer you want is HERE
    :confused:I have nothing better to do!!!!:confused:
  • weaver33
    weaver33 Posts: 94 Forumite
    Thanks for that startrekker, and this is the site that I referred to in my intitial post.

    But, the advice wasn't totally clear to me because I upgraded to AVG 7.5 about a month ago, and no pop-up window alerted me to the Flooder.ake virus. In fact, if I hadn't run a virus scan I would never have known it was there.

    Basically what I'm saying is that AVG automatically quarantined the supposedly winlogon.exe file during the scan. I did not touch anything, and I have not shut down since. The file source says that's its a back up copy that's infected and now quarantined.

    Do you think my system will not be able to boot up?

    Now that I am still up, should I restore the virus from quarantine?

    Sorry to pile all these questions on you all, but the site you referred me to doesn't seem to directly answer my particular situation.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,602 Forumite
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    I would try restoring the file from the virus vault and then use one of the online scanners

    http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp

    to see what it picks up, if it's a false positive by AVG then it will not show up on that online scan
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  • tawnyowls
    tawnyowls Posts: 1,784 Forumite
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    Would be sensible to back up all your data now, just in case. I'm sure a friend would help you out with a disk to start up with, but it's not much good if your data go west.
  • startrekker
    startrekker Posts: 1,162 Forumite
    Have a look at avg forum HERE
    It seems that someone has found a fix, so read the info carefully and follow what was done. There are two pages so make sure you read and understand them both before you go ahead..Good luck
    :confused:I have nothing better to do!!!!:confused:
  • Thanks everyone! I think I'm ok now.

    I restored the file after updating the latest AVG definitions which included the fix. Everything seems fine, and nothing detected on new scan. However for safety I will scan with a diff system as Browntoa suggests.
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