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sheila082009

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memory blocks
« on: April 25, 2012, 03:49:27 AM »
Are memory blocks actual viruses or just false alarms? I have read other posts on the issue and am confused. I had a pop up virus ocurr when I clicked on a news story, I am assuming from an ad. I recognized it and hard shut down the computer. I ran a boot scan and found a Java virus. When my weekly scan ran  a few days later I had a memory block that has never appeared before. I ran another boot time scan, that came up clean. Then I ran Malwarebytes and it was also clean. Advice?

Process 2552 hkcmd.exe memory block, severity high  Threat Win32:Malware-gen
« Last Edit: April 25, 2012, 03:53:03 AM by sheila082009 »

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Re: memory blocks
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 06:24:26 AM »
in your weekly scan......is this a custom scan?
have you changed the default scan settings....and selected "scan memory" ?

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Re: memory blocks
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 01:50:29 PM »
Product:   Intel(R) Common User Interface *1
Company:   Intel Corporation *1
Description:   hkcmd Module *1
Version:   6.14.10.4926 *1
MD5:   004763BDF8E48244DBB9FDFDE3065EBC *1
Size:   173592 *1
Directory:   %SYSDIR%\hkcmd.exe *1
Operating System:   Windows 7 *1

sheila082009

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Re: memory blocks
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 04:52:25 PM »
Yes this was a weekly scan, and yes it was customized to scan memory as well. However, I have not changed the settings of my custom scan since I started using Avast several months ago after receiving high recommendations from other users. It is a new "virus" that shows up. It has appeared in the last 2 weekly scans, but never before that.