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Hello everyone,
today while using Wallpaper Engine (I started a video downloaded from the steam workshop) I suddenly got a virus alert from Avira stating that "h264encoder.exe" is supposed to be infected by a trojan named "TR/Swrort.cgyml". I don't know if it was just random timing or if it has something to do with Wallpaper Engine or the video. I've had the encoder on my PC for almost a year now, though I didn't really use it, and never had any similar issues. The object is now quarantined. While Avira was doing a quick scan like it always does after finding a threat, I got a warning about a "suspicious file" in my temp folder: "jre-8u131-windows-au.exe". I don't know how that one got there, but that might just have been part of me installing Netbeans a couple of days ago.
Anyway, when I google the name of the trojan ("TR/Swrort.cgyml") I can't find any entries that have to do with my issue at all. There is also no entry on the Avira Virus Lab website. When I check the report it also says something along the lines of "FP-Server reports status "NO false alarm" (I'm German so I don't know what it actually says in the English version). But it apparently said the same thing about Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 once too which obviously was a false-positive.
By the way, I am using Windows 7 x64. I've already run a free scan with MBAM which found nothing, but I assume that it was just a quick search. I'm currently doing a full scan using Avira but that seems to be taking a lot of time... Also, that's why I haven't rebooted yet.
Another issue I've been having lately that might be worth mentioning is that getting into the login screen's been taking extremely long. I'm talking about the time where you usually might have a short black screen and then the login mask appears. I can only see my cursor on the black background for quite some time and after waiting half a minute or so (at least it feels like it) I get to the login screen. Furthermore, I have the non-aero cursor for some reason.
Well, that's about it. I'm really paranoid that my PC is still infected or has been the whole time. I also thought about it being some kind of weird false-positive but I would really appreciate some help with this issue. Thank you for taking your time 
PS: As mentioned above, I'm not a native English speaker so I hope you're able to figure out what I'm trying to say. Also, this is my first time posting, so I hope I did everything correctly. If not please point out anything I can do to make myself or my problem more clear.
Thanks a lot!
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