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Yachiru

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Pagefile.sys
« on: September 26, 2009, 05:31:23 PM »
I have a windows 7 and windows vista on 1 laptop, my windows 7 has avira while windows vista has avast. I scanned both partition using avast from my windows vista and found a virus "pagefile.sys" which is from my windows 7 OS partition. Am I going to delete it or not?
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mevcit

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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2009, 05:41:25 PM »
We were discussing the same issue here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=251618

Maybe this helps.
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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 05:45:07 PM »
Something in the memory of Windows 7 was infected, saved to the disk (memory page file) and detected by avast.
It could be a false positive or a missdetection of Avira.
Anyway, the problem is not pagefile.sys (as it is temporary), but the file(s) loaded into computer memory that could be infected.

My opinion?
False positive of avast. Do nothing.
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mevcit

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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2009, 05:56:18 PM »
But generally the situation is always the same (generally-always, get whatever you want lol). When you scan your Windows partition from another partition (doesn't matter if Windows or a Linux distro is installed there), avast! detects something in pagefile.sys. So I also say that's false positive. And this isn't a new case.

If you want, you can delete the file, it'll be recreated on next boot, and will be detected again when you do scan with avast! from another partition. ::)
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Yachiru

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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2009, 05:57:28 PM »
If I am going to delete the pagefile.sys, is it possible for windows to create a new one? ???
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mevcit

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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2009, 06:05:38 PM »
Quote from: Yachiru on September 26, 2009, 05:57:28 PM
If I am going to delete the pagefile.sys, is it possible for windows to create a new one? ???
See my one previous post.
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Offline Lisandro

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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2009, 08:15:26 PM »
Quote from: Yachiru on September 26, 2009, 05:57:28 PM
If I am going to delete the pagefile.sys, is it possible for windows to create a new one? ???
Take care. Sometimes Windows can't boot if there isn't a pagefile before...
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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2009, 09:39:53 PM »
If it isn't present it should recreate it.
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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2009, 09:50:40 PM »
Quote from: DavidR on September 26, 2009, 09:39:53 PM
If it isn't present it should recreate it.
I have troubles in the past and couldn't boot a system without pagefile.sys.
I'm not that sure if it really works in all conditions.
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Re: Pagefile.sys
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2009, 11:38:21 PM »
I have the same thing, when I tried BART it always said the pagefile.sys was infected, same with scanning within 7 I think it must be a FP with all the data in the pagefile.sys
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