Tonight, I decided to do a boot-time scan with Avast, and whenever it scans "svchost.exe", I keep getting a message saying it's infected with "Win32:Rootkit-Gen [rtk]". I did some research on it, and I learned it was a false positive according to the Avast knowlegebase.
The problem is, I'm using an U.S. English version of Windows XP Home, with Service Pack 3, and the article states Russian and French versions of Windows. Now I'm worried. I can't erase it since it's an important file, I can't move it to chest, I can't even repair it. Is it really a false positive or a real rootkit?
My version of Avast is 4.8 Home Edition, with the virus database version 090723-0. Can I please get an answer or how to fix this problem without needing to reformat?
Before I forget, here's a link to the article I read...
http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=306