AVG found a Trojan Horse on my computer

19 years ago

I usually check my AVG test result every day, but of course, I didnÂt check it Friday or Saturday, so this afternoon, when I did check it, I saw that there had been three threats found during Friday morningÂs scan. Two files were put in the Virus Vault by AVG.

When I checked the details of the files, hereÂs what I found.

Object Name: base_getstarted.exe

Object Path: C:\ProgramFiles\Intuit\Quickbooks2005\Atom\

Discovery: Trojan Horse SHeur.AFJ

Source Computer: D6GNVF81

Finder: SYSTEM

File Size: 2.26 MB

Healable: No

Source: Backup Copy

Status: Infected

All the information for the second file was the same except the Object Name was start.exe. I never could find the third threat listed, but SaturdayÂs and SundaysÂ scans came up clean, and I have had not problems with my computer.

Would the Trojan Horse have been activated, if I had opened Quickbooks without the files having been quarantined? I never use it, so can I just delete the infected files from the Virus Vault and be done with it, or should I also delete Quickbooks? IÂve never had a TH before, so I want to do this right. In short, step by step, what should I do? Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Dell Dimension 5100

WinXP

Dee

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