Trojan horse Downloader.Generic.ML
It's the file C:\NULL
Suddenly shortly after cold boot my fully updated(WinUp) and patched W98se PC reported the above noted infection. It's Grisoft free AVG with the latest updates. This PC is also protected by ZoneAlarm, Belkin WiFi router with firewall, SpyBot(resident). A normal Shutdown was done 12 hours earlier with no indication of any problems. There are still no indications of any problems EXCEPT that AVG claims it's found this trojan. There have been no floppy operations/mounts, no CD operations/mounts and no downloads and installs of anything since an hour before shutdown last night and now.
From the DOS prompt I can see a file C:\NULL that has a 5/5/05 date. Since
5/5 both a full manual AVG and Trend HouseCall 6 run have been done on this PC finding nothing.So where and how did this file C:\NULL that AVG claims is Trojan horse Downloader.Generic.ML appear from? Was it really there since 5/5 but went unnoticed by both AVG and Trend HouseCall 6 and then this morning AVG suddenly downloaded a new definition file which started seeing this trojan? OR did something penetrate all the firewalls and suddenly spawn this file which AVG quickly recognized?
What likely happened here?
The operation I was in the middle of when AVG popped up was reading a text only no attachment NG message in OE 6.00.2800.1123.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Ron Reaugh in Networking Firewalls
