Conflict in diagnosis between anti-malware applications

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by gs1, Sep 6, 2009.

  1. gs1

    gs1 Private E-2

    I would appreciate assistance in evaluating what I should do: Ad-Aware reports Win32TrojanHarnig in several files on my hard drive (emmon.exe, which is a file in the Pinnacle PCTV software directory, and several .exe files in the hidden C:\System Volume Information\_restore directory). On the other hand, Panda Internet Security 2010 does not identify any problems. I am afraid that I if I follow Ad-Aware and quarantine the files I may cause a possibly unnecessary malfunction of my PC. Any ideas? Thanks in advance...
     
    gs1, Sep 6, 2009
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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Ad-aware is notorious for giving false positive. You would be better off uninstalling it and installing both SAS and MBAM.....the other files, in system restore, can only be removed if you toggle system restore ( disable it ) and reboot. Then re-enable system restore.
     
    TimW, Sep 9, 2009
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  3. gs1

    gs1 Private E-2

    TimW,
    thanks a lot for the reply. I will proceed as you suggest...
     
    gs1, Sep 9, 2009
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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    TimW, Sep 9, 2009
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