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    Is this a virus?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by perrin_aybara, Dec 13, 2009.

  1. perrin_aybara

    perrin_aybara Notebook Consultant

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    Evening all,

    I ran a AVG scan tonight and all was well and then I ran a superantispyware scan and it came up with something (ive attached it to my post).

    I tried googling it and never found anything conclusive and was wondering if it could be a false positive.
    Not sure what to do, any help will be great.
     
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    perrin_aybara Notebook Consultant

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    I tried looking for them in my seystem32 but couldnt find them. So I cant upload them. Where else could they be
     
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    Cheers for the help. It looks as though its a false positive after all. But do you think it should be ok to report them to Superantispyware as false positives?
     
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    You say you could not find them, did you check for hidden files.
     
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    Yes, found them now, but all it says is that it's an application extension, and that it opens with unknown application.

    Thanks for the help Tinderbox, when I looked at the "date last modified", it reads 16/08/2008. My laptop is only a year old so I think they will be harmless files that have been here since it left the factory.
    Although on the other hand, it would be nice to know what app that it's running with.
     
    perrin_aybara, Dec 13, 2009
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    Pretty sure those are files from NTI's cd burning software
     
    gerryf19, Dec 14, 2009
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    Cheers for the help guys
     
    perrin_aybara, Dec 15, 2009
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