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neman3

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HELP virus on winsxs
« on: February 21, 2013, 10:27:13 AM »
Hi,

yesterday I ran a full scan in avast free antivirus and it was shocking. There were hundreds of viruses in C:/Windows/winsxs. Avast ran for 2 hours and it wasn't able to move further from 0%. In panic, I stopped the scanning and tried to delete all those viruses it detected but I'm not sure if it deleted them. I ran the scan again this morning and there are still hundreds of viruses at the same place and it won't go further from 0%.
What should I do? Should I let Avast finish scanning? I'm afraid it will take all day and it won't be able to remove viruses.
I have Windows7.
I apologize for poor English. Please help me.

Thanks.
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2013, 10:28:38 AM »
Please attach your logs. (AdwCleaner, MBAM, OTL and aswMBR..!!)
Instructions: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
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W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 10:38:28 AM »
Should I deinstall Avast first and than install all those stuff? I'm sorry if this is a very stupid question but I'm not good at computers.
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 10:40:54 AM »
Quote from: neman3 on February 21, 2013, 10:38:28 AM
Should I deinstall Avast first and than install all those stuff? I'm sorry if this is a very stupid question but I'm not good at computers.

No need to uninstall avast!, just follow the instructions.
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W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 12:27:06 PM »
I did all that stuff and I didn't click on any repair buttons in OTL and aswMBR because it doesn't say so in the instruction. I hope I did everything right.
Now what do I do?
« Last Edit: February 21, 2013, 12:33:14 PM by neman3 »
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 12:35:18 PM »
Quote from: neman3 on February 21, 2013, 12:27:06 PM
Now what do I do?

Now you've to wait for one of the malware experts to analyse your logs.
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W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2013, 12:36:31 PM »
Ok, thank you very very much:)
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 12:42:09 PM »
Quote from: neman3 on February 21, 2013, 12:36:31 PM
Ok, thank you very very much:)

You're welcome.
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 03:17:25 PM »
Had you done a windows update ?

Could you now rescan with Avast and see if the alerts have gone
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 03:37:27 PM »
I didn' click anything to update windows. I checked now, there are 3 windows updates that are waiting to be installed. Should I do that?
I ran the scan with Avast an hour ago, it is still running and it looks good so far. It's on 71% and no viruses yet:)
Is it possible that I'm virus free now?
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2013, 04:19:16 PM »
Yes install the updates.. Avast does get a bit touchy about then
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2013, 06:03:40 PM »
I installed the updates. Everything seems fine. So, that's it? Is my computer cured or should I do something more?
Thank you all for helping.
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2013, 06:10:02 PM »
No it was just an anomaly where Avast gets twitchy when windows updates

Your system appears clean  ;D
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2013, 07:14:46 PM »
Oh great! Thank you again. You're a life saver:) My heart stopped when I saw all those viruses.
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Re: HELP virus on winsxs
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2013, 07:19:24 PM »
Run OTL and press the cleanup button to remove it
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