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Trojan (avg_false_positive)
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I keep getting this message from my virus scanner

Computer was fine this morning but when i started up this afternoon as soon as i launched IE this popped up. I click "Heal" and then this pops up

I then click on Yes and then this pops up

Any ideas?
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I'd boot into safe mode, manually delete the file, and in case Flash doesn't work anymore, re-install it...

(Or sitch to a MAC and forget about Viruses  )

Edit: ...and run a full scan in safe mode
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Um, keep the file, it could be a false alarm. Upload the file to virustotal.com and see if the other scanner identify it as a virus.

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File in question belongs to Flash Player. So removing it and re-install Flash Player is no risk (at least less, than to keep the file)
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run the AVG update again, the latest:
Virus DB: 270.9.3/1788
AVG Version: 8.0.175
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It seems to happen on installing the flash player, could be a false positve, so if you reinstall you would get the same warning.
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Thanks SH84, detlefs & Giga that seems to have worked have not had the message pop up again since doing the update
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Quoting Giga Wizard:
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It seems to happen on installing the flash player, could be a false positve, so if you reinstall you would get the same warning.


I also had this AVG (latest datafile) flag up this file as a trojan. so I uninstalled/deleted the whole of the flash directory* and did a "clean install" direct from Adobe's website; no further comments from AVG!

* apart from the Flash10a.ocx file which insisted I needed permission to delete it, despite the fact that I'm logged on as an Administrator.........sometimes I really hate Vista!!
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I also had this AVG (latest datafile) flag up this file as a trojan. so I uninstalled/deleted the whole of the flash directory* and did a "clean install" direct from Adobe's website; no further comments from AVG!

* apart from the Flash10a.ocx file which insisted I needed permission to delete it, despite the fact that I'm logged on as an Administrator.........sometimes I really hate Vista!!

Thats exactly what i did, and yes i could not delete that file either
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/avg_false_positive_flash/

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/avg_false_positive_flash/


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