Hello, Forum.
I'm a brand new Avast user on a vista x64 sp1 Home Premium desktop box.
(avast! version 4.8 home edition build 4.8.1296; VPS version 081218-0)
Immediately after the reboot the follows the install process, avast started scanning around.
- It may be noteworthy that Windows Update was running concurrently.
- AVG is installed on the box, but was not running a scan at the time.
About 10 minutes into the scan, an "avast! Warning" dialog popped-up boldly claiming "Suspicious File Found!":
"A suspicious file has been detected (using a heuristic method). This may be a sign of malware infection. Please allow the file to be submitted to our virus lab for analysis.
File Name: C:\Windows\servicing\TrustedInstaller.exe
Type: hidden services"
I have found 3 other threads (
1 2 3 ) in this forum in which it is claimed that:
- this has been fixed in recent builds
- it might really be a trojan
I don't think either claims are true here. Here's a
VirusTotal scan of my file.
If this affects new users of avast on vista x64, it is worrisome to think that a good percentage of these users is likely to click the "Delete now" button and feel safer, when they've in fact compromised their system's ability to keep up to date with security patches.
I am now going to click the "Ignore" button, and submit the file to your virus lab (even though I don't think my windows license truly allows me to send bits copyrighted by MS around, but I digress.)
I won't check the "Do not tell me about this file in the future" checkbox, and will post an update to this thread if the dialog decides to re-appear.
Thank you,
Henri