Need help with a Trojan infection

stevendek

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Hi, I have Vistax64 HP. I use Avast antivirus, and when i scan, it comes up that I have a trojan in both C:\hiberfil.sys and C:\pagefil.sys. I didn't know if I could just delete these files, or if that would be a bad idea since I know they are legit windows files. Any suggestions for getting rid of this virus?
 

My Computer

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
C:\hiberfil.sys, when you try to delete the file, but Windows won't oblige. Windows has a feature called Windows hibernation. Instead of shutting down and restarting your computer, Windows takes a snapshot of everything running on your system, copies it to the hard drive and then turns off system hardware. You can delete that file by disabling the hibernation of the system. And once you have done that restart the system & the file would get automatically deleted.

C:\pagefile.sys : Try to disable the virtual memory of the system.

And then run a virus scan & see if the issue gets fixed or not.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T4200 Intel
    Memory
    2 X 1GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated
    Hard Drives
    1 X 250GB 7200RPM
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