(corrected) Hi Pc > Why is it that on boot up AVG dos scanner flags EZSB.exe as a virus, > and the AVG in windows says it is clean? > > Window 98 computer. The only logical explanations i can think of is that AVG's DOS scanner uses a better or at least different signature file (unlikely) or that EZSB is able to hide itself while running (unlikely since it's not a rootkit) or is running while you're in Windows and AVG is simply sloppy in normal mode, as it often is. In any case, AVG is famous for finding stuff it cannot remove, which is one reason why i've started to advise people to switch to a better antivirus like www.free-av.com. AVG's help file and FAQ often claim that running AVG in Windows safe mode or DOS (Windows 9x) does the trick, but it often doesn't. The "help" also often advises you to manually delete the files that AVG has found, which is a joke. If an antivirus has identified malware, it's a sign of blatant bad programming if it can't do exactly the same thing in safe mode (or DOS) that the user is told to do. Typical for AVG is also that it provides no information on its website for many of the malware files it identifies. EZSB.exe is not found once in the AVG forum http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/search.php?0,search=EZSB.exe,page=1,match_type=ALL,match_dates=30,match_forum=ALL,body=1,author=1,subject=1 or in the AVG virus encyclopedia http://free.grisoft.com/doc/7/us/frt/0 According to the first 8 of the total of only 36 Google results i looked at, EZSB.exe is itself pretty harmless but dumped by and with worse stuff. Just to be sure AVG is not producing a false positive, check the file with the best online scanner of individual files (checks with the 20 best virus scanners!): http://virusscan.jotti.org/ -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.