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Whenever I run a full system scan of my hard drive, Avast 4.8 Home Edition stops at a file with a potential virus. It has a very long file name with a lot of random numbers for most of it, but the first characters are always “EasyPDF”. I always say to move the file and add the “.vir” extension. I then go to the moved folder and delete that file.I’ve tried searching my hard drive for any files that start with “EasyPDF” and can’t find any. How can I find where this file resides and get rid of it forever? DavidR July 3, 2008, 5:25pm 2 There is no point in moving and then finding and deleting it almost instantly, effectively the same as choosing delete.Deletion isn’t really a good first option (you have none left), ‘first do no harm’ don’t delete, send virus to the chest and investigate.What is the infected file name, where was it found e.g. (C:\windows\system32\infected-file-name.xxx) ?Check the avast! Log Viewer (right click the avast ‘a’ icon), Warning section, this contains information on all avast detections. But you’ve deleted it, how will you find it? ???To be sure you’re clean, I suggest:Disable System Restore and reenable it after step 3.Clean your temporary files.Schedule a boot time scanning with avast with archive scanning turned on. If avast does not detect it, you can try DrWeb CureIT! instead.Use SUPERantispyware, MBAM or Spyware Terminator to scan for spywares and trojans. If any infection is detected, better and safer is

If malware prevents Avast Antivirus from running a Boot-Time Scan, you can run Windows in Safe Mode and use the Boot-Time Scan scheduler.Run a Boot-Time ScanReboot your computer and start Windows in Safe Mode with Command Prompt according to the instructions on the relevant Windows or third party support pages: Windows 10 | Windows 8/8.1 | Windows 7 | Windows Vista | Windows XP In the Command Prompt window, type the CD command and the location of your Avast installation file (C:\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast by default), then press Enter ↵. If typing the default location does not work, you may have saved your Avast installation file to a different location. Type the CD command followed by the location where your Avast installation file is saved and press Enter ↵. Type the sched /A:* or sched.exe /A:* command, then press Enter ↵ to schedule a default Boot-Time Scan of all local drives on your system. To view all command line options, type sched or sched.exe, then press Enter ↵. When the Command Prompt dialog indicates that the Boot-Time Scan is scheduled, type shutdown /r, then press Enter ↵ to re-boot your computer to run the Boot-Time Scan. After your computer restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears as Windows begins loading. For any detected threat select which action to take. The scan usually takes several minutes but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files to be scanned. When the scan is completed or skipped, Windows continues booting up.To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. Avast Premium Security 21.xAvast Free Antivirus 21.x Microsoft Windows 11 Home / Pro / Enterprise / EducationMicrosoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1 with Convenient Rollup Update, 32 / 64-bit Updated on: 02/06/2022

Avast has reported a suspicious fileC:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exeAction to take please advise. (Still onscreen) polonus May 12, 2010, 9:04pm 2 Hi CaSPeRr,Description: File nvvsvc.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 118,784 bytes (57% of all occurrence), 196,608 bytes.The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows core file. Therefore the technical security rating is 31% dangerous.Some malware camouflage themselves as nvvsvc.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the nvvsvc.exe process on your pc whether it is pest against virustotal.comCheck the file against these hashes here: DavidR May 12, 2010, 9:44pm 3 Do you have an nvida graphics chip/card as this file is associated with that (not that simply being called that file name doesn’t mean it’s true) ?When was this detected (about 8 minutes after boot) ?If so allow it to be sent to Alwil software (avast) for further analysis, if it is just reported as suspicious it would recommend Ignore as the option.Was this what the wording was like ? :“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.” It may be the new TDSS variant Rootkit Scanner - Download - Homepage[] Download GMER[] Extract the contents of the zipped file to desktop.[*] Double click GMER.exe. If it gives you a warning about rootkit activity and asks if you want to run a full scan…click on NO, then use the following settings for a more complete scan…[*] In the right panel, you will see several boxes that have been checked. Ensure the following are UNCHECKED …[] IAT/EAT[] Drives/Partition other than Systemdrive (typically C:)[*] Show All (don’t miss this one) the image to enlarge it[*] Then click the Scan button & wait for it to finish.[*] Once done click on the [Save…] button, and in the File name area, type in “ark.txt”[*]Save the log where you can easily find it, such as your desktop.CautionRootkit scans often produce false positives. Do NOT take any action on any “Please copy and paste the report into your Post. system May 13, 2010, 8:04pm 5 I have attatched the GMER SCAN FILE and HIJACKTHIS SCAN FILE.Also have done a avast boot scan and nothing showed up.I could not copy and paste the text. GMER is cleanLets run MBAM to

January 29, 2011, 8:38am 1 I remember Avast 4.8 had an option to set the DEFAULT ACTION in case a virus is found in the boot time scan. I can’t find the same in Avast 5…Also, I can’t “Safely remove” my external HDD. Avast scan shows nothing. UNLOCKER cant detect any locking process either… Is my HDD infected… If not how do I safely remove it???, without having to shut down my PC ofcourse!!! Pondus January 29, 2011, 8:43am 2 What happened to the automatic actions in the Boot-time scan? I can't "Safely remove" my external HDD. Avast scan shows nothing. UNLOCKER cant detect any locking process either... Is my HDD infected... If not how do I safely remove it???,,, without having to shut down my PC ofcourse!!!Do you have latest version 5.1.889 ?also check your computer for malware with thisMalwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.50.1 update the program so you have lates database before you scanclick the remove selected button to quarantine any infections found system February 3, 2011, 6:07pm 3 thnx… that helped!! system August 7, 2013, 12:00am 4 I read the article, but it’s not the removal of auto actions which is the problem - it’s that Avast expects you to perform an action real-time during scanning, rather than saving them all up for the end of the scan. So, I come in after leaving my scan running overnight (as most people would do) expecting it to be finished, waiting for me to decide what to do with all the suspects, but no - it’s stopped at 18% waiting for my input.It’s just absolutely ridiculous. If you had many infections, you could spend days running the same scan, unless you are willing to commit to 8 hours staring at the screen.The Windows environment scan lets you deal with the suspects at the end. Why not the boot time? Pondus August 7, 2013, 12:09am 5 i guess you also did see this at the end of the articleboot time scan is not meant to be used as a regular scannerThe boot-time scanner is an expert feature, and was designed to be

It offers to launch a boot-time scan—a powerful feature. The boot-time scan runs before Windows has loaded so that rootkit techniques are prevented from working, and most malware has no chance to defend itself against removal. You do have to keep an eye on the text-only scan when launched automatically, because it will ask what action to take the first time it hits a malware-related file and again if it finds an infected file in a system folder. If you request a boot-time scan manually, you can preselect the program's actions, thereby letting it run unattended. The program's user interface looks more like a media player than like your average antivirus. You click a few big buttons to select where it should scan; choose a quick, standard or thorough scan; and click what looks like the Play button. Simple! And it's fast, too. On my clean test system, the standard scan took less than 10 minutes. The thorough scan took around 15 minutes, about the same as the spyware-only scan in SUPERAntiSpyware Professional 4.0. It's much faster than Webroot AntiVirus with AntiSpyware and Firewall or Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 5.5.—Next: Testing the New Malware RemovalTesting the New Malware RemovalI hadn't tested avast! against my malware collection before, because previous versions promised only to remove viruses. For this inaugural test run, I started by installing the app on a number of test systems infested with malware samples, including adware, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, and rogue antispyware products. One of my samples tried to interfere with installation of security software, but avast! installed without any trouble. I frequently see problems with system stability when a security product's installation requires a reboot. If a preinstall scan or real-time scanner deletes part but not all of a seriously entrenched malware program, the system may blue-screen on reboot or simply hang. While avast! does need to reboot to complete its installation, it caused no such problems. It did offer to run a boot-time scan during this initial reboot. To get a clearer view of the program's operation, I declined that offer.Once I launched avast! it began detecting malicious software in memory: I heard its siren and audible warning over and over again. In all but one test system it asked to run a boot-time scan. After the boot-time scan completed and Windows restarted, a couple of the systems requested another boot-time scan because they detected threats still running in memory. What the heck—I allowed it. But on one system, avast! remained locked in combat with a particular sample, never actually able to remove it or even stop it from running. After four boot-time scans I had to admit that it wasn't going to get any better.Cleaning up these infested systems took a while, but overall it was quicker and less troublesome than running Spyware Doctor through the same tests. The results were surprisingly good. Allowing full credit for removal of all executable files associated with a sample, and half credit if it detected a

Changes to green (ON). Then, click Download next to Get specialized antivirus definitions. When you click Download on the Boot-Time Scan screen, Avast One downloads all virus definitions from a cloud database. If you skip installing specialized definitions, Boot-Time Scan scans your PC based only on the last virus definitions that were downloaded. If you see Installed instead of Download, your virus definitions are up to date. Restart your PC. When the system restarts, a Boot-Time Scan progress screen appears. The scan usually takes several minutes, but the duration varies depending on the speed of your system and the number of files being scanned. To skip the scan, press the Esc key on your keyboard. If any threats are found, a notification window appears. Click See results. The Scan history screen shows the following scan results: Threat name: Specifies the type of detected threat. Location: Shows the file path where the threat was detected on your PC. Status: Explains the action taken to resolve the threat. When an infected file is detected, Avast One will try to fix it. If repair is not possible, the file is moved to Quarantine. If this fails, the file is deleted. To learn how to manage threats moved to Quarantine, refer to the following article: Avast One Quarantine - Getting Started. Click Done to exit the screen. TroubleshootingIf you have completed all of the steps above but you are still experiencing issues, please contact Avast Support. Avast Premium Security 24.x for WindowsAvast Free Antivirus 24.x for WindowsAvast One 24.x for Windows Microsoft Windows 11 Home / Pro / Enterprise / EducationMicrosoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bitMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1 with Convenient Rollup Update, 32 / 64-bit Updated on: 02/01/2024