today on Windows 7, my avast free detects Windows\System32\wdi\ShutdownPerformanceDiagnostics_SystemData.bin as Win32:KillAV-AHY [Rtk]
(virus definition: 110519-0)
is it a false positive?
I do not know if it is a false positive. I am concerned about this because I had stumbled upon some strange webpage. It was supposed to be a sort of financial analysis--the link was through "getrichslowly.org"--and when I clicked on it, it started playing this crazy music. It had this ugly picture and mentioned something about hackers and virus. (I didn't read it all because as soon as I clicked on it, heard the stupid music, and saw this guy's ugly picture, I was like, "Whoa, wait a minute," and exited the page as soon as I could. I immediately cleared all data from my browser and closed it.
When I checked on my avast as it was scanning, it reported two infected files, infected by "Win32:KillAV-AHY [Rtk]"
I'm upset because I don't know what this is and I worry about the safety of my machine. The only thing I did with my administrative account yesterday was I installed "The Sims Castaway: Stories." Then, very early this morning (around 01:30), my avast reported that I had two infected files.
Given that I had encountered a highly suspicious website a few minutes before I noticed that avast had found two infections, I could not tell you if this is a false positive. I'm not going to assume that it's a false positive. If it is, that's great, but it seems like some. . . jerk, for a better term, hacked into some unsuspecting ding-dong's website (one that must have been connected to "getrichslowly.org.")
Needless to say, I will not be going to "getrichslowly.org" again. .
-.-* Sigh.