Trojan and Keylogger immediately after install

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Young Mandy

Immediately after I install Vista Business (before I connect to the
internet) one of my spyware checkers (XSOFT) finds two problems:-

1 PCTattletate File Keylogger C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe SEVERE RISK
2 Troj/Agent Host File Item Trojan local host Severe Risk

XSOFT will not allow me to remove these as they are in use????

I have run three other spyware/virus checkers and not one of these have
found anything.
My main AV is Norton and it has not found anything

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

TIA
 
Young said:
Immediately after I install Vista Business (before I connect to the
internet) one of my spyware checkers (XSOFT) finds two problems:-

1 PCTattletate File Keylogger C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe SEVERE RISK
2 Troj/Agent Host File Item Trojan local host Severe Risk

XSOFT will not allow me to remove these as they are in use????

I have run three other spyware/virus checkers and not one of these have
found anything.
My main AV is Norton and it has not found anything
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This is probably a false-positive. I would be very wary of using any
antispyware programs that aren't specifically designed for Vista.
Contact XSoft regarding this.


Malke
 
There have been a few false positives with Vista and the software not
designed for it. It one finds it and the others don't, it's almost a
for-sure false positive.

You might check to see if there is a Vista update for your software.
 
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Mandy said:
Immediately after I install Vista Business (before I connect to the
internet) one of my spyware checkers (XSOFT) finds two problems:-

1 PCTattletate File Keylogger C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe SEVERE RISK
2 Troj/Agent Host File Item Trojan local host Severe Risk

XSOFT will not allow me to remove these as they are in use????

I have run three other spyware/virus checkers and not one of these have
found anything.
My main AV is Norton and it has not found anything

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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I don't suppose you happened to use a DVD image you downloaded from the
net, did you?

More then once I've been at a customer's side who "lost" their XP disc,
but had a copy that had various forms of malware added to the unattended
install.

I haven't seen it happening under Vista yet, but it's only a matter of
time.
 
DevilsPGD said:
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I don't suppose you happened to use a DVD image you downloaded from the
net, did you?

More then once I've been at a customer's side who "lost" their XP disc,
but had a copy that had various forms of malware added to the unattended
install.

I haven't seen it happening under Vista yet, but it's only a matter of
time.
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No this is a genuine OEM Copy of Microsoft Business (32 Bit)
 
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