Trojan horse in svchost.exe... What?


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    Trojan horse in svchost.exe... What?


    Hey.

    I was checking virusses, but then I was something really strange. AVG antivirusscanner 8.5 gave a Trojan horse in 'svchost.exe'... But that's a Windows file, right?
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    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    itsMarick said:
    Hey.

    I was checking virusses, but then I was something really strange. AVG antivirusscanner 8.5 gave a Trojan horse in 'svchost.exe'... But that's a Windows file, right?
    Hi and welcome to sevenforums

    Could you be a little more specific, and maybe upload a screenshot?

    Let us know if you need help

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Yes that is a system file, the reason that it its so often targeted by creators of malicious code...
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  4. Posts : 11
    Windows Vista
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    Oh, sorry. I'm only 13 years old and Dutch, so my English is crap.

    Err, okay. Well, just scanning and it saids this:

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    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    It was probably put there by the person who decided to distribute a pirated copy of Windows... my advice.... use legitimate software from Microsoft..
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  6. Posts : 11
    Windows Vista
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    The RTM is not downloadable from Microsoft's website anymore... =O
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    itsMarick said:
    The RTM is not downloadable from Microsoft's website anymore... =O
    The RC was the last Windows 7 download from Microsoft...

    The RTM will not be released as a download to the general public do to it being the full edition of Windows 7

    You will have to get the RC from a trusted source BUT you can still get a key from Microsoft that will last you till March 2010

    Also remember that Windows 7 will release to the public October 22
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  8. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Download the 90 day enterprise trial -=> here
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  9. Posts : 72,046
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       Warning
    Illegally obtained software will not get support by this forum. Format your hard and get a legal copy instead.

    Requesting any more help to fix this illegal copy of Windows 7 will get you permanently banned.

    Thread Closed.
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