On Saturday 29 Oct 2011 19:40:49 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 29 Oct 2011 19:25:00 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2011 1:15 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > pagefile.sys of a WinXP OS and it thinks it is a Win32:Patched-HO. > > > > If pagefile.sys is detected as a malware, most likely the actual malware > > was once loaded into (Windows XP's) memory got swapped, and avast! picked > > up its remnant. Loaded into memory doesn't mean that the malware was > > active, if the Windows XP was equipped with a good antivirus. > > Interesting! The WinXP has Microsoft Security Essentials on it. I'll ask > my wife if it picked up anything lately.
She can't recall any MSE reports of malware. I did check the WinXP fs for all the files and registry entries that this trojan is meant to create and none were present. Then I've zero'ed the pagefile and a second scan did not flag anything up. I also checked for a reported trojan in a Windows 7 vdi file (in virtualbox). Nothing found there either. I am tempted to think that avast! is rather super-sensitive. However, avast! also picked up some php files from a backed up website - so this may be a worthwhile find. Anyway, I can't make it integrate with kmail which was the original user requirement. Tried this script but the kmail Antivirus Wizard will not pick it up: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=17898.0 So I am now heading for clamav to see how that works with a Linux desktop. -- Regards, Mick
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