metallica0101

When I had AVG whenever I opened a Windows thing like my documents, my computer, control panel etc, it would come up with the "threat detected" thing and would be trojan horse generic5 or something like that... I uninstalled AVG and put Avast on and it doesn't detect this virus.. Could it have been AVG mistaking it for an infected file or what?

GameMaster

Hm I don't know, possibly. Please tell me do you experience any problems with your pc?
You can post the log as a check up.
Click here to download HJTsetup.exe

• Save HJTsetup.exe to your desktop.
• Double click on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop.
• By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This.
• Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Additional Tasks dialogue.
• Put a check by Create a desktop icon then click Next again.
• Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
• At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch Hijack This.
• Click on the Do a system scan and save a log file button. It will scan and then ask you to save the log.
• Click Save to save the log file and then the log will open in notepad.
• Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
• Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
• DO NOT have Hijack This fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

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AlphaBlues

And if you want to see by yourself, paste your log here: www.hijackthis.de and click Analyze, it will show you what's going on

GameMaster

Stop it please.

Metallica0101 Please don't do it by yourself, analyzers are not very accurate.

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llemux

The best thing to do is get a security suite like Zone Alarm or Kaspersky.They are the only programs with any consistency that don't tax your system. Avast doesn't find anything and AVG gives a lot of false positives.

justinGH

i agree that kaspersky would be an improvement on avg or avast. But id reccommen that if your going to pay for antivirus and not use a freeware one that you try NOD32. I have to disagree with the opinions concerning avast. Avast is a very good free alternative anti virus program and works well. But i do are that avg is not very good at all.

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llemux

NOD32 is only good up to version 2.7.The new version especially the suite is quiet but its firewall is lacking.

justinGH

i suppose it sort of boils down to personal preference as well

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