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U just ran a sacn today it found

Exploit.Drop.GS

I never heard of it before I hear it makes your PC go slow but my PC has been running fine. False positive maybe it was removed so I guess it doesn't really matter just a little paranoid I hate viruses

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.70.0.1100

www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: v2013.02.06.08

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 NTFS

Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421

Charres :: CHARRES-PC [administrator]

2/6/2013 2:53:30 PM

mbam-log-2013-02-06 (14-53-30).txt

Scan type: Full scan (C:\|D:\|E:\|F:\|G:\|H:\|I:\|Q:\|)

Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM

Scan options disabled: P2P

Objects scanned: 476866

Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 22 minute(s), 46 second(s)

Memory Processes Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Folders Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Files Detected: 1

C:\Users\Charres\AppData\Local\Temp\conhost.dll (Exploit.Drop.GS) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

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It is NOT a virus.

It exploit code related.

That means conhost.dll is associated with code that can be used to exploit a vulnerability in the computer OS or in a application or software installed within that OS.

Usually the word "drop" in the name would be indicative of a dropped exploit and the GS is either a version such as GS vs GT or GR but it could also be an acronym associated with the type of exploitation performed by the DLL file (Dynamic Link Loader).

All viruses are malware but not all malware are viruses and viruses actually make up a small fraction of the malware seen in the wild. It is a common, public, misperception that all bad software are viruses. All bad software are malware where mal is short for MALicious as in Malicious Software.

HTH

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