NOD32 false alarm! Win32/Kryptik.JX

[Craig321]

I woke up to an alert from NOD32 this morning, words along the lines of:

C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe - a variant of Win32/Kryptik.JX
C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe - a variant of Win32/Kryptik.JX

If your system is otherwise clean, these are false positives!

If NOD32 has quarantined the files, you need to restore them. They are critical Windows system files and you might have trouble booting your system if you don't.

Lots of discussion about this over at their forums:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=235509

And lots of people talking of abandoning ship. Can't blame them - this is the second one I've had in as many weeks.

PS - Windows' System File Protection may pop up as well.

Had both of those files detected as viruses on my server when I got up this morning.

Stupid thing won't manually update either so it's still detecting them as viruses.

[Edit]
Sorted.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

'Loads of problems' for you maybe, I think most people managed to install the new version fine. There was an issue with updating, although I'm not sure if it was just overloaded or something.

Update made my PC blue screen.

Called Support, he took over my PC and fixed it.

Great product, great support IMO

 

[tonyf1971]

I was using Avast but having just re installed Windows I'm thinking maybe NOD32 will be better? I'm also thinking of resources and hit on peak performance Avast might have compared to NOD32?

Nod is very light on the system, i havent tried Avast in a long time so cant comment on system performance, well worth trying a Nod Trial to see what you think.