Virus

12 years ago

My son brought his laptop for me to see why it is taking forever to start. He stated that Avast nor Malwarebytes found anything. However, I ran an Avast Scan and it found one infected file

Dell

Windows7 Home Premium

This is what Avast found:

File name:

C:\Program Files (X86)Dell DataSave Local Backup\Components

\DsUpdates\DataSafe_Tag_ini_Updat.exe:>DataSafe.ico

Status:Error:Archive is Password Protected (42056)

File name:

C:\Program Files (X86)Dell DataSave Local Backup\Components

\DsUpdates\DataSafe_Tag_ini_Updat.exe:>dif_000001.dif

File name:

C:\Program Files (X86)Dell DataSave Local Backup\Components

\DsUpdates\DataSafe_Tag_ini_Updat.exe:>IRIMGI.BMP

File name:

C:\Program Files (X86)Dell DataSave Local Backup\Components

\DsUpdates\DataSafe_Tag_ini_Updat.exe:>IRIMGI.JPG

C\user\R****\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary INternet

Files\Low\Content.IE5\Q5RUDKCZ\Stat[1].htm

Severity-HIGH

I'm assuming that I should turn off System Restore before doing anything about it....?

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mike_kaiser_gw
12 years ago
What is there to do? I'm assuming Avast has already quarantined the offending file(s). There's probably some option within Avast for permanently deleting the file(s).
genes
12 years ago
You could run an independent online virus scan at Housecall, just to make sure

Here is a link that might be useful: Housecall
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I know that Avast will take care of it...I wanted to make sure that I should disable system restore first...sorry for the confusion. I also found an icon for Internet Protection and researched and found that it is malware. Malwarebytes didn't find it.....(more problems..he use to be able to connect to my wireless service. It doesn't find my router.) I tried hard wiring to update Malwarebytes and no go....

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