HELP?! MALWARE

[Guest]

Hello!

I just installed Avast, and then ran a Hitman Pro scan, lpsport.sys was detected location in system32 drivers! Hitman Pro says it is suspicious

 

Please help!

 

Thanks!  

[Guest]

It is marked as driver, and installed about the time I installed Avast, I am so scared..

[TheAndroidSentByCyberlife]

Run Malwarebytes

 

[Lurick]

It's from AVG, have you ever had AVG installed?

[tlink]

why did you run the hitman pro scan? virus scanners often don't really like eachother. try uploading the file to virustotal.com and see what that spits out.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

It's from AVG, have you ever had AVG installed?

Nope

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, tlink said:

why did you run the hitman pro scan? virus scanners often don't really like eachother. try uploading the file to virustotal.com and see what that spits out.

Signed by AVG, Avast owns AVG

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, tlink said:

why did you run the hitman pro scan? virus scanners often don't really like eachother. try uploading the file to virustotal.com and see what that spits out.

I uploaded to Virus total all clear it is signed by AVG it says

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

It's from AVG, have you ever had AVG installed?

Virustotal says it is signed by AVG, Avast owns AVG  should I be worried?

[Lurick]

Just now, _RYZE_ said:

Signed by AVG, Avast owns AVG

Probably a shared file amongst them them, so I'd say you're good to go

[Cyracus]

an antivirus that false flags its own component, that sounds like something you can trust

[tlink]

Just now, Cyracus said:

an antivirus that false flags its own component, that sounds like something you can trust

hitman pro is a completely different program by a completely different company.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Reallifecat said:

Run Malwarebytes

 

Done  

All clear

[TAHIRMIA]

If you have scanned with VirusTotal and was clean you are probably all good. Just a False Positive

[Guest]

Just now, TAHIRMIA said:

If you have scanned with VirusTotal and was clean you are probably all good. Just a False Positive

Yeah, I'm giving AVAST a try, 0% scan and its been 30 minutes.. great first impressions.  

[Cyracus]

Just now, tlink said:

hitman pro is a completely different program by a completely different company.

oh, thought it was part of avast, I don't bother with lame virus scanners

[NTDaws]

just gonna stick to bitdefender.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

oh, thought it was part of avast, I don't bother with lame virus scanners

I'm sorry, Hitman Pro is lame? lol funniest thing I've ever heard

[Cyracus]

3 minutes ago, _RYZE_ said:

I'm sorry, Hitman Pro is lame? lol funniest thing I've ever heard

well it's false flagging a well known program, yeah pretty lame

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

well it's false flagging a well known program, yeah pretty lame

Say what you want  Not every scanner is perfect lol

[JakeNTech]

Different anti-virus/malwher/spywher/adwhere all have different features and different uses cases, some like advast  are designed to be fairly light weight but will still get the job done. Malwherebytes is designed to catch everything that the others might not pick up on. Different people have different views on antivirus programs, I used to install advast and then if needs be I use malwherebytes and will never touch hitman pro. its also what you are used to, If you are are used to one and it has done what you wanted it too then your going to stick with it.

Using more then one isn't recommended as they often clash,can cause crashes and in some extreme cases corrupt files. 

Antivirus programes all have there own databases of harmful files some are faster to update theres then others, and most programmes do flag files that are harmless as its not in there database yet, which is why you had the issue with lpsport.sys . 

You also have to remember that there is a difference between a virus, malwhere and adwhere. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxuKWsA_JI)

 

Many people also use network monitoring as-well/instead of antivirus programmes to make sure that there are no unidentified connections, programs such as little snitch for mac as an example.

To be honest you don't have to use an antivirus programme but just be careful what websites you visit, what you download and what you install. I have not been using one for years now,on the few windows PC's I own, and only install them in safe mode when I am suspicious about something on that installation of windows. Windows defender is also relatively good as its Microsoft's best intentions to make sure that you stay with windows and don't move any where else.

Avast now offers "Game mode" which is supposed to make it be "optimised" for when you are gaming but it probably makes no difference aside from not showing you offers or random facts. Different antivirus programs will contain different features to draw you in. They also try to make sure that they have covered every use case but they tend to fail on that. 

If you are ever suspicious about a virus then make sure to use your preferred scanner and websites,like  virustotal.com, or just google the files or suspicious activity. 

If you are really hot on security then windows probably isn't for you, which is why many people today are moving to OS X. Yes there are viruses for OS X but they are incredibly easy to spot and are relatively harmless as they can't touch the system files. Avast does offer a "Package" for OS X but its really useless all it really does is tell you that the website you are on is dodgy and may harm you computer. 

What I typically recommend for virus protection, if you don't want to go with out it, is avast for day to day tasks and then malwherebytes for suspicious activity or a yearly "clean" of you pc. 

Say what you will about different programmes but at the end of the day its personal opinion and saying on is superior then another is wrong, they are all designed to make sure that your system is secure as possible no matter what way there go about doing it. 

The fist thing to do when you suspect a virus is to disconnect from the internet and start scanning and backing up your stuff. 

In most cases once a virus hits there isn't much you can do anyway, aside from learn why you got it, how to be more carful and then reinstall windows. 

Hope that helps, even if it doesn't I haven't got anything else do at the moment anyway.