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real explorer.exe infected
Name: alex123 Date: May 7, 2008 at 12:09:20 Pacific OS: windows vista home premim CPU/Ram: 2047 MB Product: HP pavilion dv9500 notebo
Comment:
my AVG 8.0 free edition has detected that the REAL explorer.exe (path c:/windows/explorer.exe) is infected with a virus called "vundo" and idunno weather to let the virus fix ths threatas i know full well what explorer.exe is and what it is used for and if the AVG deletes it my computer is knackered,well and truely.so can you tell me weather AVG will delete explorer.exe or even better tell me how to fix it without breaking my computer.
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