avg was complaining after a ctrl alt delete, i had upgraded it to 8.5 a week or two ago.. i shrugged it off.
i installed security essentials and boom:
Category: Trojan
Description: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
Microsoft Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the 'Allow' action and click 'Apply actions'. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the local administrator for help.
Items:
file:C:\Windows\system\svchost.exe
process:pid:1744
service:DCOMHostEx
Get more information about this item online.
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same thing came up, i "quarantined" it and accidently deleted the quarantine file, avg was coming up as some generic virus..
has anyone seen this ?