Virus Found !!

susie r · 09-03-2006, 19:19

AVG virus scanner has picked up a virus that is embedded in a zipped archive within sun java..............it wont allow me to heal/send to quarantine.............its showing up on my sons documents & settings, so Ive done a search and located the file. Any ideas how I can get rid of it? will it be ok for me to just delete the zipped file completely?? The virus is a worm/AgobotAAG ????????

MadGamer · 09-03-2006, 19:21

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Originally Posted by susie r

AVG virus scanner has picked up a virus that is embedded in a zipped archive within sun java..............it wont allow me to heal/send to quarantine.............its showing up on my sons documents & settings, so Ive done a search and located the file. Any ideas how I can get rid of it? will it be ok for me to just delete the zipped file completely?? The virus is a worm/AgobotAAG ????????

Just delete it. If needs be after you've done that, re install Java

MovedGoalPosts · 09-03-2006, 19:23

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Yep delete the file, and then ensure you also delete it from your recycle bin.

susie r · 09-03-2006, 19:27

Thanks very much, its deleted, always best to check I'm doing the right thing

welwynrose · 09-03-2006, 19:45

odd had a smiliar thing myself the other day

grubbymitts · 10-03-2006, 13:16

it is probably a false positive. AVG and many other virus killers use something called Heurustic (spelling) checking, which means it looks for patterns that could be a virus within a file. Zip files are compressed. When you compress something you change the structure of it. That structure may then take on, bytewise, the pattern, or part of the pattern, of a virus in the virus killer's database and so the virus killer has a bit of a shout.

If the virus killer can't delete the virus it may be because Java is using the zip file at the time, or it is protected against deletion - so you would have to do a manual delete and change the properties.

So don't worry - this is a common problem and the zip file in the docs and settings for Java regularly gives virus killers the heebyjeebies.

budwieser · 11-03-2006, 16:09

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Originally Posted by susie r

Thanks very much, its deleted, always best to check I'm doing the right thing

Also, Don`t forget to turn off System restore when you delete it!

Reboot the PC, then turn system restore back on again.( If you use it that is)