AVG 8.0.100 scan identifies loads of trojans!

Grumbles · May 29, 2008

I have recently upgraded to AVG 8 Free for my Desktop WinXP SP3 and now doing a complete PC scan.
Although there are no threats, the scan has listed around 100 threat/infections, they are listed under the path:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX\Compatibility (then loads of numbers).
They include Loggers and Trojans, Downloaders and Adware! The scan is not flagging them as a threat in the summary.

Can anyone relate to this or advise on what this means?

Thanks

G

I am not having any problems with my PC - just that the findings in the scan have got me concerned

TimW · May 30, 2008

Grumbles....run the MGTools.exe (from the Read and Run First) so that we can see what is going on.....AVG8 is proving to be problematic.

Grumbles · May 31, 2008

Thanks Tim, will do

DavidGP · May 31, 2008

Sorry to barge in but if its seeing items here

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX\Compatibility

then its picking up the items fro either Spybot S&D or Spywareblasters blocked lists of nasties, so false positives, Chas posted something about this earlier in a thread IIRC.

IMHO AVG 8.0 is turning out to be a lemon.

Grumbles · May 31, 2008

Halo said: ↑

Sorry to barge in but if its seeing items here

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX\Compatibility

then its picking up the items fro either Spybot S&D or Spywareblasters blocked lists of nasties, so false positives, Chas posted something about this earlier in a thread IIRC.

IMHO AVG 8.0 is turning out to be a lemon.
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Kestrel said the same thing here regarding false positives I d/l Avast as an alternative to AVG, but this knocked out my Sound driver and Autoplay (again!), so I reverted back to AVG.
It is worrying to see so many flagged items though

G

Grumbles · May 31, 2008

TimW said: ↑

Grumbles....run the MGTools.exe (from the Read and Run First) so that we can see what is going on.....AVG8 is proving to be problematic.
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Attached zip file

G

TimW · May 31, 2008

Nope..not seeing a thing.....

Your logs look clean.

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. If we used ComboFix then UNINSTALL COMBOFIX (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
2.
* Click START then RUN
* Now type "%userprofile%\Desktop\cf" /u in the runbox and click OK.
* Note: The space between the cf and the /U, it must be there.
3. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
4. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
5. If you are running Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
* Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
* Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
6. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
How to Protect yourself from malware!

Grumbles · May 31, 2008

Thanks Tim

TimW · Jun 1, 2008

No problem.....safe surfing.

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AVG 8.0.100 scan identifies loads of trojans!

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