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    Virus -'Decompression Bomb'

    Hello, I did a scan of my pc with Avast, and I had a message saying I have a file type Decompression bomb, and what Avast can not do anything. From what I found on the Internet, I disabled the system restore, I disconnected my connection, via free, then I scan again, and the file is still there. (I have reactivated the System Restore since ..

    I also read on the Internet that should go CCleaner, but when I try to download Firefox blocks.

    "I thought to save the file in question in the trash, but I hesitate strongly, I do not ,,,what can i do do i need to be afraid, or should i be very afraid??

    reply please !

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    "I thought to save the file in question in the trash, but I hesitate strongly, I do not ... it broke!"
    You talk seriously?

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    It is not funny
    From what I read, this kind of virus and Balance unpacks tons of files (empty but heavy), which greatly slow the PC or even blocked.

    When I spoke to erupt, I speak of file, not the PC

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    A decompression bomb is a type of denial-of-service attack, in which a small compressed file expands to an enormous size, requiring large amounts of system resources and possibly causing the software or the entire system to hang. All major web browsers are vulnerable to the attack, which may be launched merely by visiting a malicious website using the standard gzip transfer encoding. i find this thing in wiki .

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    Remove it in safe mode! Or worse, download CCleaner on another computer and transferred it on the infected PC with a USB key but be careful not to infect the key too.

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    Thank you board. I will try. I crossed my fingers.

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    Virustotal offers a free service for scanning suspicious files using several antivirus engines.

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