[vicsireland] Avast Query

From: "Paul Dromey" <pdromey@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:23:52 -0000

Hi all.

Avast is telling me that I've got a whole bunch of suspicious files,
probably malware, in my system, 48 in all.  Most of them appear to be
rootkits.  When I choose either the options delete, ignore or send to aol
for examination, I end up with a boot system scan.  Following this, on each
occasion, I've run an Avast scan once again and the same suspicious message
comes up with the same malware list.

I presume that I should select all the files before choosing the delete
option.  Do you think this is a safe thing to do or should I be careful
which items on the list I choose to delete?  My hunch is that I'm being over
careful here but I don't want to accidentally make things worse.

Paul

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