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General Software Discussion / Re: AVG claims a virus is found in dexpot.exe

« on: January 27, 2012, 08:18 PM »

  I JUST HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH DEXPOT!!!   My avg and Norton both showed the backdoor.hupigon5.cbqn virus.  What happened was that my computer suddenly quit being able to connect to the internet.  The connection icon in the tray said that my network cable was unplugged.  I tried everything to get it to work again.  There is nothing useful i could find on google or yahoo about this occurance other than stupid stuff like check you cables.  I then logged into the linux half of my dual boot and it logged on fine.  Obviously it was not equipment.  I had installed one game and dexpot in the last 2 days. It took me a while to remember dexpot.  This is when i ran the virus scan it showed this virus.  As far as i could tell the damage had already been done.  I couldn't get the internet to work i tried everything. finally i had to reinstall windows and it fixed it.  I think the problem occured in the registry but im not sure.  So yes that is a virus and no it is not a false positive. These people^ have not had this problem obviously.  I don't ever sign up for forums and made a special exception just for you pyramid36 because the internet was having no part in helping me to fix my problem.  And just so you know i really liked that program so when i loaded windows this was one of the first progs i installed.  My avg caught the virus instantly this time so i was able to rid my self of it before it was too late this time.  It took like two days or so to kick in last time. At least to the point of no internet connection.  I really hope that this helps