My PC running XP and Avast has been bitten by a trojan horse.
I noticed some strange CPU usage, saw ASPIMGR.EXE in task manager, thought it odd, did a manual virus scan and AVAST locked up when it hit that file in memory.
I then rebooted into safe mode and scanned again, AVAST detected the "WIN32:Agent_GPS" trojan disguised as that file (in windows dir path, i forget where exactly), then advised that it was in memory and that I should reboot and it would do full scan again in a safer pre-bootup mode.....which is what it is doing now (I am typing this now from another PC).
I am trying to find out exactly what this trojan is, what it does, what actions I may need to take (like changing passwords etc if this is some kind of key logger) but I cannot figure out how to lookup this virus name ANYWHERE on the AVAST website.
Also trying to search for it on other antivirus website databases is fruitless since vendors don't call viruses by the same name (sigh). I have been able to find some info from searching on ASPIMGR.EXE but it appears to me that this file could be one of several DIFFERENT trojans, all with different payloads, and I REALLY need to find out exactly which one this is as per the avast virus name of "WIN32:Agent_GPS".
Can anyone give me exact details on this trojan, or tell me HOW to look it up / WHERE to look it up on the AVAST website?
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Help is greatly appreciated.
Note that my PC with AVAST that has this trojan on it is currently doing its special scan right now and will be tied up for hours (I will leave it go overnight) so I can't do something like "run the avast program and select lookup database" or something like that now. I am asking instead if I can access this information VIA THE AVAST WEBSITE, which I am trying to do now from this other PC but getting nowhere (thankfully I was able to find this forum and am hoping someone here can help me).
THANKS!!!!!!