Originally Posted by
peku006
- Click here to visit Java's website.
- Scroll down to Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 6. Click on Download.
Are you keeping your instruction sets for C&P up to date? The latest JRE update is Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 10. In fact the only other JRE download available on that page is JRE 6 Update 7 for Intel Itanium® (which I don't have). Previous releases still available at java.sun.com only go up to JRE 5.x. I proceeded on the assumption you meant for me to install the most recent version.
7. Double click on jre-6u6-windows-i586-p.exe to install Java.
The install file was jre-6u10-windows-i586-p.exe but installation went mostly according to your instructions otherwise.
There was an error message displayed during install which said
" Error: could not open 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre.1.5.0_02\lib\i386\jvm.cfg' "
In the ...\jre.1.5.0_02\ folder, the 'lib' sub-folder is apparently empty -- trying to look in it produces a long system lag and then the error message
" The disk in drive C is not formatted. Do you wish to format it now? "
(That was kind of unnerving, as C is my hard drive!) I clicked "No" on the format error-message box and "OK" (the only option) on the Java launcher error-message box, and the Java update appears to have installed correctly despite the missing file(s)/folders.
8. After the Java installation has finished, please go to
Kaspersky website and perform an online antivirus scan.
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17. Please post this log in your next reply.
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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7 REPORT
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Kaspersky Online Scanner 7 version: 7.0.25.0
Program database last update: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 22:56:48
Records in database: 1416848
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Scan settings:
Scan using the following database: extended
Scan archives: yes
Scan mail databases: yes
Scan area - My Computer:
C:\
D:\
E:\
Scan statistics:
Files scanned: 95258
Threat name: 1
Infected objects: 1
Suspicious objects: 0
Duration of the scan: 04:52:20
File name / Threat name / Threats count
D:\i386\Apps\App00577\comps\toolbar\toolbr.exe Infected: not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SearchIt.t 1
The selected area was scanned.
One other thing
While I was waiting for you to respond to my last message, I disconnected the laptop computer from the internet since all its browsing protection was disabled, and checked via the (uninfected) desktop computer for your reply. I'd forgotten that AVG was scheduled to run a scan (you told me to disable Resident Shield, which I did, but said nothing about scheduled scans) yesterday afternoon, however, and since the laptop computer was offline but not powered down, the scan proceeded, identified several threats, and quarantined them. Here is a transcript of the AVG scan results:
Object name ____ C:\System Volume Information\_restore{593F298F-B7D6-4A3D-A260-6D7E68E3F587}\RP376\A0023054.exe
Detection name __ Trojan horse Generic12.HOO
Object type _____ file
SDK Type _______ Core
Result __________ Moved to virus vault
Object name ____ C:\System Volume Information\_restore{593F298F-B7D6-4A3D-A260-6D7E68E3F587}\RP376\A0022844.dll
Detection name __ Trojan horse Downloader.Delf.BPB
Object type _____ file
SDK Type _______ Core
Result __________ Moved to virus vault
Object name ____ C:\System Volume Information\_restore{593F298F-B7D6-4A3D-A260-6D7E68E3F587}\RP376\A0025161.dll
Detection name __ Virus found Win32/Heur
Object type _____ file
SDK Type _______ Core
Result __________ Moved to virus vault
Action history __ Moved to virus vault
Object name ____ C:\System Volume Information\_restore{593F298F-B7D6-4A3D-A260-6D7E68E3F587}\RP376\A0028336.dll
Detection name __ Trojan horse Generic12.OXE
Object type _____ file
SDK Type _______ Core
Result __________ Moved to virus vault
Object name ____ C:\System Volume Information\_restore{593F298F-B7D6-4A3D-A260-6D7E68E3F587}\RP376\A0028338.dll
Detection name __ Trojan horse Generic12.OXE
Object type _____ file
SDK Type _______ Core
Result __________ Moved to virus vault
Should it be safe to let AVG delete these quarantined files, or might doing so cause them to reinfect my computer? (It appears one of them was previously quarantined yet somehow escaped.) If that's a possibility, what steps should I take to purge/destroy the quarantined files? AVG will automatically delete them in 29 days if I do nothing in the meantime.