It turns out that the old AVG in all likelihood misreported the files as it didn't recognise them as legitimate *.exe files. The programme is now installed and all seems fine…
Hello, I'm not IT savvy and loaded a programme given to me on a flash drive onto my XP desktop. My up to date AVG virus protection didn't see anything wrong with the files before or after loading, I scanned the flash drive before loading, and the whole computer afterwards, before running the programme. I scanned again with Spybot 2.4 and still nothing, but when I tried to copy the files to CD using my old laptop that hasn't been updated or connected to the internet since aropund 2009, the old AVG immediately flagged up 'Trojan Horse Agent3.AWLF' in around five exe files, including the setup file. Can anyone advise whether my desktop is likely to be infected, if so what the trojan might do, and how to get rid of it (and maybe why an older version of AVG can see the malware when the up to date version can't)? Many thanks, Brian
It turns out that the old AVG in all likelihood misreported the files as it didn't recognise them as legitimate *.exe files. The programme is now installed and all seems fine…