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Posted by Warren on March 8, 2008, 8:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options Well Virus Total came out negative so I think it's safe to say it's okay.
> 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
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > Don't Panic!
>
>
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