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    AlienRespawn Trojan detected?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by pspknightx, Oct 10, 2010.

  1. pspknightx

    pspknightx Notebook Consultant

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    Guys, just now while i tried to play Left 4 Dead 2 and not sure why KIS2011 detected it as Trojan for some false reason i think.
    So i went to check the Report and i saw that one of the day on this week, KIS2011 also detected that AlienRespawn also infected as Trojan.
    Is there something wrong?

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  2. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    I just got rid of AlienRespawn. On the R1 models, it always blocks the GPU switch until I disable it.
     
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  3. pspknightx

    pspknightx Notebook Consultant

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    Mine is R2. However, i already done once backup using DVD x 2
    Is it safe to remove it anyway?
    Does my laptop have any internal backup/restore if i wan to re-format it?
     
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  4. Mucchan

    Mucchan Notebook Geek

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    Same happened to me. I'm using Avast and it detected DSUpdate.exe as being infected with Win32:Malware-gen. Scanned it with Malwarebytes and it didn't pick up anything. Might be a false positive but I quarantined it anyway. It's only the updater so the software itself should still work.

    I also checked using virustotal.com and it's picked up as a malware by 30% of the scanners used by the website.
     
    Mucchan, Oct 10, 2010
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  5. djjosherie

    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    I would say I don't think it's anything to worry about, but it's up to you.

    I'd leave it, with AVG 2011 (paid version), Spybot, Malwarebytes, and SuperAntispyware weekly scans (or so) I've never had a problem with my R2 or old R1's AlienRespawn.

    Leaving it allows you to use the Respawn, removing it might damage or corrupt that partition.

    For me, it doesn't matter, when my SSD got a firmwire update, I had to wipe the drive completely.
     
    djjosherie, Oct 10, 2010
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  6. TalonH

    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    No idea. I've picked up one trojan since I've had mine but everything is running fine. I've never used Kaspersky but I've always stuck with Avast/Malware Bytes/Spybot SnD.
     
    TalonH, Oct 10, 2010
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