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AVG can't remove "Trojan horse Inject3.AUPR"

Indigo121

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Oct 1, 2013
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AVG has been detecting as of today a "Trojan horse Inject3.AUPR" every 5 minutes in my Windows/Temp folder. Each detected file is an EXE with some random name. I click to remove it, AVG says it has been removed succesfully, and then exactly 5 minutes later AVG finds one again.

This is the said trojan:

http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/gb-en/virus-and-malware-information/info/inject/?name=Inject3.AUPR&utm_source=TDPU&utm_medium=RS&PRTYPE=PROT

When I run a system scan or a scan of the Windows/Temp it doesn't show up. I've cleared the Temp folder, no change. I've tried AVAST but it doesn't find anything either.

Help! How do I remove this thing?!

UPDATE: Ran these suspected files in VirusTotal and only 4 out of 55 identified them as a threat. AVG is one of them. Downloaded Avast, Malaware, Avira, and some windows malware tool and all cleared them of suspiction. Smells like a false positive...
 
Solution
Try scanning the PC with malwarebytes. If it comes back clean, I would uninstall AVG and switch to a higher quality AV. There are several to choose from.
Try scanning the PC with malwarebytes. If it comes back clean, I would uninstall AVG and switch to a higher quality AV. There are several to choose from.
 
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