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Re: "Trojan" in Appdata/local/temp.. annoying and killing my performance

 
 
FromTheRafters
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      10-30-2009
What have the Symantec support people suggested?

"Frez121212" <> wrote in message
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>
> The issue is, I'm using symantec antivirus on Vista Ultimate 64 bit
> (biggest mistake of my life to put 64 bit btw) and one day it just
> started finding dozens of viruses in my
> C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Temp
>
> Sometimes its autoprotect, sometimes its Defwatch scan, sometimes it
> quarantines, sometimes it "leaves alone", 2wice it said reboot
> required,
> sometimes it says "delete was partially successful" sometimes it says
> "the file was left unchanged", or "the file was quarantined
> successfully"
>
> But the file name is ALWAYS This: "DWH****.tmp"
>
> One more important thing is, when ever I do the "live update' It
> starts
> detecting again.. and if I dont delete them from that directory It
> keeps multiplying everytime I update..
>
> So I read somewhere that this is a virus definition problem where when
> the temporary file's name changes it catches it as a virus since
> viruses
> also do that.. sometimes.. or so i've heard because I really dont know
> crap about this stuff.. SO I did this: I deleted the stuff in
> quarantine, went it safe mode, deleted the damn files from the
> directory
> (making a selection box from bottom to top and pressing Shift+delete..
> because some duide on the internet said thats what i should do) so it
> worked finr .. Untill I updated my antivirus again..
>
> So.. yea.. i donno if its actually a trojan.. if it is. what type..
> because all my antivirus says is "Trojan" and I dont know what to do..
> It is killing my computer's performance .. its constantly detecting
> and
> deleting and quarantining stuff..
> *HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
>
>
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