I just routinely completed a malware scan, and Avast reported the following:


I tried the 'move to chest' thingy, but I got the following error report:


Malwarebytes and Spybot - Search & Destroy both reported my PC clean, so I wanted to make sure if it really is malware or a false report by Avast before I accidentally start deleting important stuff. I tried to google it, but couldn't find anything I understood. Anyone here who knows what I'm dealing with?

I know the best advice is to nuke it from orbit and reinstall Windows, but I'm hoping this can be solved a little easier than that (I don't have a backup of my harddisk... Please don't hit me DEFRON!)

Try running the program in Safe Mode, that way the malware may not load and stop the process to remove itself.

Also, try System Restore if the above does not work.

However, no AV or malware scan can be fully done in normal PC operation, Safe Mode is usually required for the nasty ones.

Hmm, so it is actually malware? I was hoping it'd turn out to be a false positive.

I forgot about using Safe Mode, I'll try that then.

edit: I went googling around a little more and found this:

http://www.spywareremovaltoolkit.com/exe-errors/e1e6032.sys.html Does that mean I am dealing with a false positive after all? I am confused.

Isn't that an intel network file or something? Check to see if it's been signed by intel. If it has it's probably a false positive. But as CCNA says re-boot in safe mode and run the scan again.