-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange error report and resident shield findings
- From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:23:26 -0700
Hi Folks,
it seems to me the 2 files found are Temporary files:
indicated by the ~
I like to delete any temporary files when cleaning a computer.
! mind you I have copies/backups of my systems so I can risk
deleting the files.
? 'AV Resident Shield' is the AVG?
Mike the mod @ PCTechTalk & vista_ & Win7
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/vista_/
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Win7/
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On 8/22/2009 at 6:18 PM Steve Aiello wrote:
Did a google on the WERfaf6.dir00 and came up with this site
http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=e097b71eb1003293402a11fbb8f3d8b6
Google had 5 hits on this. 2 are in Chinese and 2 in Russian. The above
the
only one in English.
It says something about first being reported in Feb. of 09. Hope G or
Mike
or one of the other guys can help
Sorry but this is the best I can do right now.
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Sandi Beach <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> C:\DOCUME~1\Joyce\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERfaf6.dir00\Mini082209-01.dmp
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\Joyce\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERfaf6.dir00\sysdata.xml
>
> The above was reported in technical information following a popup saying
> your system has recovered from a serious error. I did not send this to
> Microsoft (never do).
> At the same time Win Patrol popped up reporting a new startup which had
no
> identifying information. I declined to let it start up.
> AV Resident Shield has been reporting an infection. Yesterday it seemed
to
> be in Weather Pulse so I quarantined the files, removed Weather Pulse,
> deleted all remaining files concerning Weather Pulse and downloaded a new
> WP
> which is from Tropical Zones. In the process I noted that it said it was
> correcting a bug (a false positive) so figured AV had reported that.
> New Weather Pulse is working (old one had ceased to function after I
> received the Resident Shield alert of an infection).
> Last night I ran full scan with Malwarebytes and found nothing. But
right
> on top of the MB report was another report from AV that an infection had
> been found by the Resident Shield concerning the files I copied and
pasted
> at the top of the screen. They are in quarantine for now.
> I have not had to deal with virus infections for so long I have about
> forgot
> how!
> Anything more I need to do about all this that just occurred last night?
> Sandi
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