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Virus detected - winamp won't start?


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Hello everyone

I don't really have a virus problem, because I have many programs protacting me against virusses and spyware. I use avast as my antivirus program. It recently detected a trojan in QUICKTIMESTREAMING.QTX, when I attempted to start winamp. So I let Avast move the virus into quarantine. So far, so good, but when afterwards I tried to start winamp again, it wouldn't start anymore. I tried everything, even reinstalling both winamp and quicktime, but it still won't work.

This is what it says: AppName: winamp.exe AppVer: 5.1.1.143 ModName:quicktimestreamingauthoring.qtx
ModVer: 7.0.3.50 Offset: 00016cb9

I checked it, and "quicktimestreamingauthoring" is still on my computer, but I suppose it has something to do with the other file being quarantined. I can check winamp's report on the error, but I can't make a thing out of it.

For some reason I can't copy the report and paste it here, but it refers also to this file C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\Eva\LOCALSETTINGS\Temp\WER1B4.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt and I can't find the folder WER1B4.tmp.dir00. Could it have been deleted because I put that file into quarantine?

I know that my explanation may be a bit confusing, but that's because I don't knwo much about computers, and up till now, my antivirus programs never gave me any problems.

So if anyone knows what I have to do to make winamp work again, please tell me!
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Please go here:

Malware Removal Guide

Run all the programmes as advised then post a current Hijack This Log in a new topic in the Malware Forum

For the purpose of accurate malware analysis, Hijack This Logs are only dealt with in the Malware Forum. Posting them anywhere else will result in a delayed response

If you are unable to run any of the programmes, ask for advice in the Malware Forum
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