Hi,
I apologize for posting in the wrong place when I tried to ask this question unsuccessfully the other day. I didn't express well what I was needing to know. (New to computers, new to this format, and was scared silly that my computer had been infected)

What I was trying to ask was this: Malware detected and quarantined a Trohan Agent. Do I leave it there? Delete? If I delete it (remove?) will it do anything to the file it's quarantined in?

What is "Windows/host" file, where it was found?

Thank you so much for your help in advance. I was just wondering if once something is quarantined, if I just leave it there.
JanMary

Hello JanMary,

It really depends on what it is. We would need the log file and possibly some other scan to determine what's up with your system.

Please start a NEW post in the HJT forum and post your log along with the information you're asking here and as soon as someone is available they'll help you out.



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