Cannot remove kvthost.exe infection

original title: kvthost.exe

Under XP Home SP3 all updates on a Dell 4550, 2 GB ram, P4 3.06 Ghz, Nvidia 6800GS AGP, 120 Gb HD.

I have a recurring problem with a file marked by Advanced SystemCare. The file is called kvthost.exe and is located in the Windows system32 folder. Advanced SystemCare is an of Gen Trojan horse and spyware. It cleans only to find when I scan after a week or two...

Does anyone know what kvthost.exe is. By looking at the file properties, it shows as being created in 2003 and accessed for the last time in 2008 with a 1.1 MB file size.

NOD32 and SuperAntiSpyware detects this problem, only Advanced SystemCare.

I believe that this infection is part of a rootkit. That would explain why you did not completely get rid of it!

You use the following programs:
aswMBR:
The portable scanner of SAS:

http://www.SUPERAntiSpyware.com/portablescanner.html

Of MBAM FREE version (not the pro or trial version! scroll until you get to see the link to download the FREE version!):

http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Tags: Windows

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