McAfee (Virus!) - HP Pavilion DV6

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aikma

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I did a full system scan (McAfee). McAfee has dected 6 items. They are trojans.
List of detected items:
1. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HEWLETT-PACKARD\TOUCHSMART\MEDIA\K…
2. C:\SWSETUP\MSMVP\DATA1.CAB
3. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HEWLETT-PACKARD\TOUCHSMART\MEDIA\K…
4. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HEWLETT-PACKARD\TOUCHSMART\MEDIA\K…
5. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HEWLETT-PACKARD\TOUCHSMART\MEDIA\K…
6. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HEWLETT-PACKARD\TOUCHSMART\MEDIA\K…

There was an option of restoring the file or removing it. I removed them. If I restored it, other files could get infected. I did all the Windows updates and installed programs. Then I put McAfee later, I did a full scan. Since I removed the infected files, does this effect my computer or anything else ? Will I still be able to upgrade to Windows 7 ?
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
So since it was reccomended if I removed those files due to 'Artemis' (Trojan). So nothing should be affected. So everything is normal. Everything on my laptop was fine, nothing was affected. Okay I will use those softwares just to be sure if there are more viruses.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
So it's not even a virus ? Oh okay. HP anyway told me if I had these type of viruses or artemis, then they told me just to remove it. Well I removed those files and they haven't messed up my HP MediaSmart Program. It is working properly.
 

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I didn't say it wasn't an infection, only that Artemis is there to detect unknowns and sometimes can be wrong. In this case obviously it wasn't.

I have another user who runs a keylogging software to monitor his kids and it is being detected as a trojan, which isn't surprising considering that most keyloggers work like trojans. He is in the process of appealing it with McAfee's Threat Center.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
So basically I don't need to worry any more. So everything is sorted out for me. I removed the 'Artemis' on McAfee. Everything is working. I am upgrading to Windows 7 soon. Is Windows 7 good ?

Thanks for your support
 

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Yes, I wouldn't worry. As I said, if you want to be really sure run those two applications, but I think you've taken care of things OK.

Good luck.:D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
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