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In news:1276q418wyf6f.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Jim S <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> after much thought,came up with this jewel:
> I *stupidly* opened a zipped attachment - I know - I know (but there
> was a reason I won't go into). It contained win32-trojan.gen{other}
>
> I have used Avast for years now and always sung its praises, however
> although Avast did flag the virus and shout at me (as it does),
> whatever action I took >delete>repair>put-in-vault or whatever, the
> trojan kept coming back on reboot. The same was true about SpybotS&D.
>
> In the end I downloaded SuperAntiSpyware free and it removed the
> trojan in a trice.
>
> The question is: would AVG have done any better?
>
> Windows XP SP3
I doubt it. I had a simular experences with both AVG and Avast. At least
your AV alerted you. Specific removal tools are needed in many cases. You
should run weekly scans with SAS now that you have it installed. You don't
need to have it load at start-up, just update it before use.
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