is this a real virus or??

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by drgrim, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. drgrim

    drgrim Private First Class

    Hi All. I just downloaded a zip file and scanned it before I was going to unzip it and Avast found this.

    Win32:Agent-ACMX[Trj]

    I cant find much of anything about it when I google and wondered if it was really a problem? Does anyone know?
    Iwould rather delete the file if it is bad but if it isnt then i havent downloaded it for nothing.

    Merry Xmas too!
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Don't really know. Antivirus and antispyware companies often put generic useless names on things and often do not provide any useful info on exactly what it is that they believe this "infection" is supposed to do. This Trojan name is often considered a downloader that may download adware, spyware or other malware from multiple servers or sources on the internet.

    What file name are you referring too? And where did you download it from?
     
  3. drgrim

    drgrim Private First Class

  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    WinZip is not malware. Downloading from download.com is not something we recommend since they have never done a good job of testing to make sure all their downloads are clean. Even though they say they did, they did not. Major Geeks always did and still does. Why aren't you downloading from here? WinZip
     
    Last edited: Jan 2, 2009
  5. drgrim

    drgrim Private First Class

    my fault. Didnt occur to me.
     
  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Did you try the one from MGs? Are you still having a detection? If so make sure you have the current definitions?
     
  7. drgrim

    drgrim Private First Class

    I deleted this one and ran the cleaning process from here. All seems well now. I have the one from MGs..all good!
    Cheers
     
  8. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely and remember who to download from. ;)
     

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