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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: BPFLOYD on February 01, 2009, 02:18:19 AM
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Hi, avast home thinks C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe (hidden services) is a Suspicious File.
Glad I know what this file is and did not select Delete now.
I have been running this file and avast for ages, so why all of a sudden is this file suspicious ?
Please advise.
Thanks.
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Hi, avast home thinks C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe (hidden services) is a Suspicious File.
Glad I know what this file is and did not select Delete now.
I have been running this file and avast for ages, so why all of a sudden is this file suspicious ?
Hi...
Either this file is actual malware posing as the legitimate file OR avast is reading it incorrectly, a false positive. Based upon what I see here, it might be the former...
http://www.file.net/process/pnkbstrb.exe.html
To be sure, you can zip the file in a password protected archive and e-mail it to: virus@avast.com
You can also run the file through an online virus scanner like VirusTotal and see they say...
http://www.virustotal.com/
Please post back with the results. :)
May God Bless you!