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Posted by Warren on March 8, 2008, 8:11 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks Malke, I've give thaat site a try. The tool that I'm using was
XoftSpySE, which seems to tend to give false positives. I have to be very
careful with it. The fact that it keeps coming back has me a little
suspicious that it is a system file & not a worm.
> Warren wrote:
>
> > One of my spyware scanners keeps identifying this file in Windows\System
> > as
> > a worm. I quaranteen the file but it keeps coming back.
> >
> > Is this a false positive or have I got a serious problem ? If a serious
> > problem where is it coming from ?
>
> A quick Google tells me that hwinfod.vxd is one of the driver files
created
> by Microsoft System Information Tools.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188133
>
> However, since you didn't tell us what spyware scanner identifies the file
> as a worm and because malware can call itself anything, you may want to
> upload the file to Virus Total for identification. Virus Total will submit
> the file to numerous antivirus companies and send you a report.
>
> http://www.virustotal.com/
>
> Additionally, you may wish to perform more thorough scans for viruses and
> malware with other tools:
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
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> Don't Panic!
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