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ahurd

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need virus scan help
« on: October 30, 2007, 08:19:01 PM »
I am on linux kubuntu 7.04. I was just attacked by a malware multiple popup (scanner.malware-scan). I immediately closed Firefox and did a complete Avast scan which included windows files on the dual boot windows partition. At the end I was presented with "results of last scan" which listed a huge number of files including some from win partition. I was told that right clicking would give options but it did nothing. Could someone help? Do I need to worry?

Offline Lisandro

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Re: need virus scan help
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2007, 10:41:04 PM »
Kubuntu 7.04 couldn't move/change files in Windows partitions unless you've tweaked your installation. By the way, 7.10 is the last version, update 8)

Some files on Linux partition could be blocked/in use, so you must run avast as root.
sudo avastgui
on terminal will do it.
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ahurd

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Re: need virus scan help
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 12:44:45 AM »
I followed yr suggestion sudo avastgui and scanned only home dir. One file turned up in scan. Again right clicking did nothing.

Offline Lisandro

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Re: need virus scan help
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 12:34:34 PM »
Hmmm... can you post the full name and path of this file?
Can you send it to virus (at) avast.com for analysis?
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