Hi All – Nice board here !
Running Avast! Home 4.6 on an old computer with Win98.
Ran a scan last night using all the latest auto up-dates. Have the Resident Protection set high, and scan my HD with Avast set to ‘Thorough Scan’ and Scan Archive Files checked. Otherwise, everything is set to the default mode.
Found an infected file: addc.htm
C:\program files\netscape\communicator\netcast\addc.htm – VBS: malware – worm, file was dated 10/21/97. I put it the chest, and everything is fine.
I went to Avast Home, and found no reference to it. I then did a Google search, and the
only reference was that it appears to be part of the Netscape, Netcast code.
Just did a search here and found no reference….
What the heck is this thing ?
Sorry if that’s a dumb question, and this is too long ! I’m kind of an older guy, new to all these security programs… there’s so any of them, and so much to learn !
Thank You
Btw – Please don’t give me a hard time about the Win98 machine, have a nice new machine ready to go on-line… it’s just not going to until I get it ‘locked down’ as best I can.
Edit: Sorry, looks like I put this on the wrong board.