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Thread ID: 124405	2012-04-24 23:33:00	Avast Internet Security	Iantech (16386)	PC World Chat

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1271771	2012-04-26 03:05:00	I would probably class it as malware, not spyware. Although after updating malwarebytes and running that, it didnt pick it up either - which surprised me a bit. Spyware = malware, whatever. Not a virus stuff. This is why you run more than one antispyware program, updated first of course. And if you KNOW it's got something, Hijackthis will find it.	pctek (84)
1271772	2012-04-26 03:21:00	spyware, malware, trojans, viruses, rouge AV, password stealer.... whatever These are just labels we give em. AV programs shouldnt be making a distinction, they should be attempting to detect them all. After all, this is what they all claim to do, so a 2nd program like Malwarebytes 'shouldn't' be needed, in a perfect world :) Doing a cleanup You also need to set phasers to kill, ie set the AV/malware scanner to scan all files . By default , most av/malware scanners wont scan all files. Also have a look at what it finds & where before jumping to conclusions. Allow for some false positives & 'infections' that are inconsequential. eg old temp files,java files, email archives, system restore & quarantined items from other AV programs .	1101 (13337)
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