Hi there all. (New here, so forgive me any omissions or errors in the following.)
So... I ran a boot time scan yesterday. No problems/all clear. Today, for whatever reason, I ran one again. And I got the following message:
File C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_2.0.50727_32\stdole\f698ac346476a20a02725b8e9de422cd\stdole.ni.dll is infected by Win32:Malware-gen.
Hadn't done anything during the day that I hadn't before yesterday's scan except update Adobe AIR and 64-bit Java- both on Avast's advice- plus update to the latest version of Avast, too. And to be told, the computer was running just fine all night last night (after yesterday's scan) and today. So, am I maybe looking at a false positive here? That said... as the above item is in a Windows folder, I did not want to just blindly go ahead and do something that I might not be able to undo (if needed). Is the above item safe to delete? To move to chest? To repair? Or, can it be ignored? For the time being, I have done the last thing...
Appreciate your advice/comments.