For the last week or so, since I installed AVG, I've been getting alerts that it found a file called hdwwizb.exe that isn't right. What can I do to make this stop ? Is the file something bad and is just being flagged incorrectly ? Is there any way to get AVG free to ignore the file ?
Are you sure you copied the error correctly?
The error looks like a driver error. Have you updated all the drives recently?
IMO....I would uninstall AVG and download Avast or MSE as your AV program and see if error comes up then.
Both of these AV programs are free.
Run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to see if it picks it up too. It could be a 'false/positive' ...
Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop
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* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
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Pretty sure it's a Trojan ... it has a "b" at the end.
Hdwwiz.exe helps you install driver software to support older devices that do not support Plug-and-Play
Malwarebytes didn't find it....
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
Malwarebytes
Database version: 4408
Windows 6.1.7600
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385
8/8/2010 11:25:59 PM
mbam-log-2010-08-08 (23-25-59).txt
Scan type: Full scan (C:\|D:\|)
Objects scanned: 263734
Time elapsed: 41 minute(s), 18 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 1
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
C:\Users\Spottedfeather\AppData\Local\Temp\trc3ns.exe (Virus.Agent) -> No action taken.
I have never update any drivers. It's a new computer.
I tried Malwarebytes, but it's a stupid program. When it was finished, and I removed what it found, it made my computer restart. I was in the middle of something. I looked but I didn't see anything about an option to restart the computer or not. If it's going to do this, I'm getting rid of it.
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