zsoftas.dll

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  1. Johnny_and_Tito

    Johnny_and_Tito Registered Member

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    Hi, I'm Johnny, and I'm Tito. We're siamese twins.

    We were wondering about a potentially malicious file that came up in the Prevx scan results called "zsoftas.dll" - this apparently is a windows file needed for something or other, but it appears that the scanner thinks it's malware. We are not sure what to do about this... I think it could be a false positive and i think it could be a true negative. Is it possible that this windows file has been infected but is still a required windows file? We would like to just delete zsoftas.dll but don't want to harm our system, so we were wondering what we should do and what steps to take to clean the infected file if it is actually infected.
     
    Johnny_and_Tito, Jan 29, 2011
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  2. Cudni

    Cudni Global Moderator

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  3. Triple Helix

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    Hello and welcome to the Official Prevx Support forums!

    Please look at the Post that Cudni pointed to and Please do a Prevx scan and the send the scan log to Prevx and they will let you know for sure if it is malware or not as I don't have the file in Question on my Win 7 32bit or 64bit system!

    TIA,

    TH
     
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    Triple Helix, Jan 29, 2011
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  4. Johnny_and_Tito

    Johnny_and_Tito Registered Member

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    Okay, we sent an email to the address provided. Thanks a lot to Cudni and Triple Helix.
     
    Johnny_and_Tito, Jan 29, 2011
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  5. PrevxHelp

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    I can confirm that this file is indeed malicious (WebHancer adware) and should be removed :)
     
    PrevxHelp, Jan 29, 2011
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  6. Johnny_and_Tito

    Johnny_and_Tito Registered Member

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    The file has been removed. Thank you.
     
    Johnny_and_Tito, Jan 30, 2011
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  7. Triple Helix

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    Good to hear! If you have any other issues or Questions feel free to start another thread! ;)

    TH
     
    Triple Helix, Jan 30, 2011
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