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Win32:trojan-gen virus exe installed

I ran fake exe as i thought it was another program. After deep scanning with AVG, it located a win32:trojan-gen exe, moved it to quarantine and deleted. After scaning again, shows no malware. I am ...
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are these file paths safe?

I ran an AVG scan on my macbook and it quarantined the following path(s), are they safe ? /private/var/db/uuidtext/27/5C90F7E4A93732B3C1B576AF6DA7D5 /private/var/db/uuidtext/CE/...
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Potential Virus Undetected by AVG?

recently some files have been showing up (only 2 as far as im aware) in our families old laptop. most of the others aren't concerned about them, nor do they care, the laptop is years old and close to ...
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AVG suspecting MSBuild and VBCSCompiler as viruses, blocking me from compiling in VisualStudio

AVG is suspecting that MSBuild.exe and VBCSCompiler.exe are viruses when I try to compile a C# project in Visual Studio. This has suddenly started happening. I have added both exe's to the ...
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How can I get rid of "Trojan:Win32/Manrele.G!cl"? [duplicate]

Windows Defender pops up every 30 seconds or so and says it has removed malware called "Trojan:Win32/Manrele.G!cl". Obviously it's missing something, or this wouldn't keep happening. I'm running ...
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how do I create an AVG bootable USB device from Linux?

Per AVG instructions on creating a bootable USB device: Using the RAR/ZIP archive to create a USB bootable device To create a USB flash drive variant of AVG Rescue CD, you will need to do the ...
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where can I find a Locky Ransomware virus samples?

I need a locky ransomware virus sample to test it on VM for my project. Where can I get one working sample ?(Any microsoft word or excel files would work)
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AVG Uninstallation Vault

Will clicking "Remove Virus Vault Contents" during the AVG uninstallation removal process permanently delete the contents in the Virus Vault from the computer, or remove them from the vault by ...
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AVG errors (freezing, not emptying vault, etc.)

Every time I open the AVG GUI, it works fine. Until I click something. For example: Scan Now. When I do click it, the GUI just crashes. Eventually it turns fine, until a few seconds after. Not ...
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Can i get virus/trojan from cracked software when my windows is installed with avg 2015 [closed]

One of my colleages says that he is free from virus/trojan from cracked softwares as long as the PC has AVG 2015 free edition installed. Is it correct?
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Deleting secure search malware [duplicate]

How do I delete secure search (AVG virus) malware? I am using Firefox as my browser. I am able to bypass it when it appears on start up, but I cannot find and completely remove this irritation?
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How do I remove the "System Fix" Virus [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware? My parents computer have apparently contracted a virus named "System Fix" I have diagnosed this from ...
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AVG Virus warning - should I worry?

I am using Vtune 9.1 on a XP-32 PC with a quad core i7 processor. I am attempting to do a Call Graph profile of my own program. Whenever I start the process by clicking VTune's [Run Activity] button I ...
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Conficker keeps coming back

I hadn't run into anyone who actually got this virus until recently when dealing with a new client that didn't believe in patching their systems and consquently have been hit with this pest. I was ...
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Submitting Virus Samples Via Email

A friend of mine is investigating a potential false positive detected by AVG. When I go on AVG's website, they ask that false positives be zipped into a zip file and sent via email to [email protected]. I'...
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