Hi, I too am a first time poster. In fact this is my first visit to these forums.
Today I downloaded Avast 4 Home Edition for the first time. Previously I had used AVG and before that Nortons.
After Avast's first scan it found this:
File Name C:\WINDOWS\system32\ActiveScan\pskavs.dll
Malware Name Win32:CTX
Malware Type: Virus Worm
VPS Version: 0602-1, 09/01/2006"
I admit I didn't know what to do with the file (I'm not technically minded so I don't even know what file it is, or if it's important etc), and as Avast was unable to Repair it, I 'Moved To Chest'.
Is this an important file? Is this actually a 'virus' and can/should I now delete the file? I've read through some of the previous replies, and to be honest I don't pretend to understand all that's been said (i.e. "false positives" - does that mean it's a hoax, or something that's pretending to be a virus but actually isn't one?).
A little more info about my puter:
I'm running WindowsXP Home, my ISP is NTL.
My browser is I.E Version 6.
I also use Spybot and Ad-aware, and have SpywareBlaster installed.
Thanks,
Spike.