Hey,

Just upgraded to W7 and after installing 'Stars, Avira scan found one "hidden
object" which my pc guy says is rootkit which can be real bad or nothing.

He linked me to two articles...
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060518/0821206.shtml

and http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/small_la.shtml

btw, sorry if i screwed up how to add links; new with this.

I noted to him that the article(s) were five years old but he didn't think it mattered. FWIW, I then ran malwarebytes and superantivirus, both of wich showed nothing. any comments and/or criticisms (harsh is fine too) are welcome...glad to be member here


***very sorry, but had this in anti virus checklist thread and realized i'm supposed to start a new thread to get help...new to this so sorry for the rough start

run GMER and post the log.


(download .exe)
http://www.gmer.net/

Download GMER and save it to your desktop. Disable your AV and any other realtime protection, and close all unnecessary programs like media players and browsers and AIM clients and double click and run GMER. It may run a quick scan, alert you to a possible rootkit, then prompt you to run a full scan, do so. The scan may take a while so be patient. After it's finished, click "save" and save it as file name: GMERScanLog save to your desktop. Copy and post the log in this thread in a code box. (no other logs in a code box, only GMER)

If the log is too long to post, upload it to www.rapidshare.com and post the download link and MD5.

also post avira log
need know what hidden file is

ok, will do, i'll try not to screw it up!...thanks again

I know, nibnedal...thanks very much for the reply. report doesn't give any
detail, just all zeros and than "1" for hidden object

thanks for the reply

does this matter?...
GMER runs only on Windows NT/W2K/XP/VISTA

I'm running windows 7...sorry if dumb question, just paranoid ATP

I found a free site...sophos.com, downloaded, ran scan and found nada

gmer better then any comercial scanner

do you have an opinion on using "live cd OS" stuff just for poker or is this o'kill

agreed, but what about the windows 7 compatibility?

you are right

gmer not for win7

live cd os bad idea
read os files from cd is slow
drivers on live cd will not be best - so hardware not function optimal

win7 is good os
use avira and use standard account, no admin and you will be ok

yes, thanks...I three different scans show no virus so I'm forging ahead

thanks (to all)