Re: trojan downloader.small.dh & system restore

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From: Completely Lost (computerdocXXX_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:27:38 GMT

If you have the "Use Heuristics" box checked on the AVG control panel then
it sees some internet scripts as being Trojans but they really are not
Trojans. Don't worry about it. :-)

"angeloj" <angeloj777@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u1RJxWS6DHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi, can anyone help: got a message from AVG Resident Shield that Trojan
> horse Downloader.Small.DH is found in C:\System Volune
> Information\_restore{....
> and to run AVG to remove (this does not work- maybe AVG doesn't pick up
> trojans?). I searched the net and found suggestions like switching off
> system restore in Control Panel - System - System restore tab ....the
System
> box in the Control Panel on tnis WinXP Professional does not display any
> System Restore tab even when logged on as Administrator.
> Also can't get access to C:\System Volume Information to delete te
infected
> file.
> I have also run Spybot and removed all in fected files found but nothing
> seems to remove the trojan.
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> 

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