Virus found Win32/Vitru, \Steam\Steam.exe

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Samo Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:39am

Hey guys, my avg antivirus has recently found a virus that comes up as "";"Virus found Win32/Vitru, e:\Steam\Steam.exe (7912)";"Secured"
once the threat is removed, Steam closes so I have to repopen it. Once I reopen Steam and then see what avg picks up it finds the exact same thing. I have also ran the AVG scan right after removing the threat with steam closed. Please help! :l

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Seven7 Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:44am

trash out AVG - it's most awful "antivirus"
dl an bootable linux live cd with antivirus like kaspersky, dr.web, avira, bitdefender and scan pc (to be sure that the system does not have real viruses)

Last edited by Seven7; Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:44am

Samo Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:50am

Originally posted by Seven7:
trash out AVG - it's most awful "antivirus"
dl an bootable linux live cd with antivirus like kaspersky, dr.web, avira, bitdefender and scan pc (to be sure that the system does not have real viruses)

It had only just happened, I have had AVG for a longgg time, so its quite random. I also ran MalwareBytes and that had picked up nothing, super confused why this would only happen now, was there a recent update to steam or something ? thanks for the reply btw

Cathulhu Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:53am

Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program, of course it didn't find anything.

It's about nearly 100% a false positive.

Teio Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:55am

yes your problem exactly like me , i think avg is the problem here but im not too sure

Last edited by Teio; Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:58am

Samo Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:58am

Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program, of course it didn't find anything.

It's about nearly 100% a false positive.

MalwareBytes Anti Malware is used a scanner, not antivirus, I scanned with that and nothing had shown up

Samo Oct 16, 2016 @ 1:58am

Originally posted by NOOOOOO:
yes your problem exactly like me , i think avg is the problem here but im not too sure

As long as its not a legitiment virus, must be a avg update

Teio Oct 16, 2016 @ 2:00am

Originally posted by Samo:
Originally posted by NOOOOOO:
yes your problem exactly like me , i think avg is the problem here but im not too sure
As long as its not a legitiment virus, must be a avg update

its stressing me a lot though

Samo Oct 16, 2016 @ 2:05am

Originally posted by NOOOOOO:
Originally posted by Samo:
As long as its not a legitiment virus, must be a avg update
its stressing me a lot though

I know its painful, as far as I have seen, I dont get any noticably hardcore spikes in gpu or cpu usage or anything like that

Teio Oct 16, 2016 @ 2:05am

Originally posted by Samo:
Originally posted by NOOOOOO:
its stressing me a lot though
I know its painful, as far as I have seen, I dont get any noticably hardcore spikes in gpu or cpu usage or anything like that

let me know if something happens

Ser Oct 16, 2016 @ 9:32am

I had this happen to me aswell same Win32/Virtu detection at this point im just hoping its a false postive... btw.. I also have AVG

Last edited by Ser; Oct 16, 2016 @ 9:33am

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ReBoot Oct 16, 2016 @ 9:34am

What does "Virtu" even stands for?

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Muppet among Puppets Oct 16, 2016 @ 9:38am

Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program, of course it didn't find anything.

Malware...... thats a category of malicious software. What told you virus was excluded?

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ReBoot Oct 16, 2016 @ 9:39am

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:
Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program, of course it didn't find anything.
Malware...... thats a category of malicious software. What told you virus was excluded?

Good point actually. Viri are a type of malware. Frankly, NOT concidering a virus malware is a horrible idea.

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