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sonyxperiageek

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#101424 1-May-2012 20:29
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Hello guys, Every five minutes or so an AVG Residential Shield Alert pops up saying there is a threat. The file is located in System32 and every time it is a different spyware. They all end with .dll. However times I remove the threat another one will just pop up in five minutes!

What may be the problem? This is a newly installed Win7 OS.




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  #618091 1-May-2012 20:54
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A separate underlying problem/virus/malware that is creating all those malicious .dll's, perhaps?

The best thing to do would be to run one of those bootable live virus scanner/rescue CDs.

Some options:
Microsoft Security Sweepe
Kaspersky Rescue Disk 
AVG’s Rescue CD
Avira AntiVir Rescue System

See if any of those pick anything up with a boot scan.



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  #618102 1-May-2012 21:32
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Boot into safe mode and scan PC with Malwarebytes

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  #618105 1-May-2012 21:42
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johnr: Boot into safe mode and scan PC with Malwarebytes


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  #618111 1-May-2012 21:46
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And stay off the p0rn sites

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  #618113 1-May-2012 21:48
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lol, too young for that!




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  #619059 3-May-2012 21:03
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I have done the Malware thing but still comes up. Except they are Trojans.. Does Malwarebytes deal with Trojans?




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  #619062 3-May-2012 21:08
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Porn sites and trojans in the same thread......?




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  #619431 4-May-2012 12:14
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sonyxperiageek: I have done the Malware thing but still comes up. Except they are Trojans.. Does Malwarebytes deal with Trojans?


Download & install MSE ( http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ )
Update and run a Full Scan.




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#619437 4-May-2012 12:24
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http://gizmodo.com/5907388/religious-websites-are-worse-for-your-computer-than-porn-sites

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