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[MrsDaddyCoull]

I have been tryin to make sure my laptop is free from any virii, malware etc so i've been running every kind of check i can

i've used all Kitz links from her security section as knowing Kitz i can trust these to be reputable
looking around the net i see that some sites offering to clean your pc are the ones that are actually infecting it

Can i ask what are peoples opinions on the site www.virustotal.com
Ive used this site to check a couple of specific files and the results come back with 30% saying that the file is a trojan proxy horst

is this information to be trusted and is the file only a threat if i acutally execute it (its an .exe file)

cheers
Lis

[guest]

Does the service tell you which anti-virus engines are flagging it as a trojan? I've had a look at the list of AV engines they use and while some of them I would use, some I wouldn't let into the house, never mind on my machine

Eg - if symantec and macafee are saying its a trojan and the rest aren't I wouldn't be concerned. If on the other hand sophos is saying its a trojan then I'd be a bit more concerned.

[MrsDaddyCoull]

Hi Rizla
thanks for reply
here is the results from scan

Antivirus     Version     Last Update     Result
AhnLab-V3   2007.11.10.0   2007.11.09   -
AntiVir   7.6.0.34   2007.11.09   TR/Proxy.Horst.aae.2
Authentium   4.93.8   2007.11.10   -
Avast   4.7.1074.0   2007.11.09   -
AVG   7.5.0.503   2007.11.09   -
BitDefender   7.2   2007.11.10   -
CAT-QuickHeal   9.00   2007.11.10   (Suspicious) - DNAScan
ClamAV   0.91.2   2007.11.10   -
DrWeb   4.44.0.09170   2007.11.10   -
eSafe   7.0.15.0   2007.11.08   Suspicious File
eTrust-Vet   31.2.5284   2007.11.09   -
Ewido   4.0   2007.11.10   -
FileAdvisor   1   2007.11.10   Low threat detected
Fortinet   3.11.0.0   2007.10.19   W32/Horst.AAE!tr
F-Prot   4.4.2.54   2007.11.09   -
F-Secure   6.70.13030.0   2007.11.09   -
Ikarus   T3.1.1.12   2007.11.10   Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Horst.aae
Kaspersky   7.0.0.125   2007.11.10   -
McAfee   5160   2007.11.09   -
Microsoft   1.3007   2007.11.10   -
NOD32v2   2651   2007.11.10   -
Norman   5.80.02   2007.11.09   -
Panda   9.0.0.4   2007.11.10   Suspicious file
Prevx1   V2   2007.11.10   Heuristic: Suspicious File With Bad Parent Associations
Rising   20.17.52.00   2007.11.10   -
Sophos   4.23.0   2007.11.10   -
Sunbelt   2.2.907.0   2007.11.09   VIPRE.Suspicious
Symantec   10   2007.11.10   -
TheHacker   6.2.9.122   2007.11.09   -
VBA32   3.12.2.4   2007.11.08   -
VirusBuster   4.3.26:9   2007.11.10   -
Webwasher-Gateway   6.0.1   2007.11.10   Trojan.Proxy.Horst.aae.2

thanks for any help
i would rather keep the file if its not a threat but if it is, do i just delete it or do i have to use some kind of trojan removal tool

[guest]

I'd call that a false alarm. What is the filename and where did it come from (if you know)?

[kitz]

At first glance I'd be inclined to agree...

but is it anything to do with a keygen which some scanners seem to pick up and some dont?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Horst.aae&hl=en&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-42,GGLD:en&start=10&sa=N

[mr_chris]

is the file only a threat if i acutally execute it

To answer that question, yes.. that's true. If you're not sure and aren't totally happy with it being there, just rename the extension to something else that windows doesn't recognise like .suspiciousexe or something

[MrsDaddyCoull]

Kitz - it is a keygen...

runs off to take cover in case nice people here disapprove 

i have already used it and since then have run AVG, S&D, Ad-ware and housecall

still reluctant to get rid of it unless its a real threat

[Floydoid]

If it's a keygen that works for you then don't worry about it.

*hides*

[MrsDaddyCoull]

  worked a treat

i'm a total nightmare with my laptop, i hit download and install far too often lol. Im a forty year old teenage boy in disguise according to my friends son, cos im into the net and gadgets and games hehehe

i can live with risking my machine, just worried about this particular file as a work colleague has asked for a copy of it, dont really want to hurt their computer