False Positive using SpyBot S&D ?

[oldtechie]

I am still running Windows 98 SE on one PC. Spybot S&D comes up with what it calls Win32.Agent.awz and refers to a file named C:\windows\system\filvdisk.vxd

I am thinking this is a false positive. I have had no symptoms at all. I am behind a hardware firewall and I am pretty careful where I surf.

I did a Google search against filvdisk.vxd and only had one hit.

Anyone else have this file on their PC or have any info on what this file is for?

Thanks,

Oldtechie

[GrofLuigi]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I've seen different antivirus/antispyware vendors naming same file differently or the opposite - different files as same. So I wouldn't trust their labels too much. And the virus itself may spread itself in different files, generated randomly.

If you want to investigate more about the file, you may upload it to Virus Total for analysis.

GL

[oldtechie]

Thanks GL,

I didn't know about that site.. I ran the file through it.. No problems detected.

BTW: It does not come show up when I run an antivirus program, but shows up to Spybot Search and Destroy, which I assumed was finding malware, bots, etc...

I still think it is a false positive..

Cheers,

Oldtechie

[narayanaswamy]

why dont you check it up with spybot's website...

[Stoner81]

Use NOD32 to scan the file (its the best AV system there is) and see what happens, also you could try Ad-Aware from Lavasoft which is a good antispyware program.

Hope this helps

Stoner81

[cluberti]

Use NOD32 to scan the file (its the best AV system there is)

Actually, no it is not. Avast, AVG, and Avira all score (far) better. NOD32 is good for not naming false positives, but it also misses a lot more than those higher on the list when doing on-demand or access scanning.