Thank you Hugh, I had the beagle virus and the double hidden extension
it had was ".exe.bmp"
I had 291 files infected and it kept showing up at each scan so I went
and got the fix it tool then scanned then grisoft sent an update that
was to address the "hidden extension" problem.
tt4trouble
Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
>This is from the AVG FAQ at:
>http://www.grisoft.com/faq/us_faqindex.php?id_rodice=25
>If the virus continally shows up, you may have to disable any "Restore"
>features you may have depending on your operating system. Re-enable this
>feature when you get a virus-free scan.
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>
>FAQ - Frequetly asked questions and answers
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>MAIN SECTION >> The virus was found – information and removal instructions
>AVG found a hidden extension, what does this mean?
>AVG gives the following message: Warning: hidden extension . exe
>
>Some viruses hide themselves by doubling their file extension. For example,
>the VBS/Iloveyou virus attaches a file, ILOVEYOU.TXT.VBS, to e-mails. The
>default Windows setting is to hide known extensions, so the file looks like
>ILOVEYOU.TXT. When you open it you do not open a .TXT text file but instead
>execute a .VBS script file.
>
>Because of the increased use of this technique we have added detection of
>the double file extension into AVG. Of course there are cases of valid,
>harmless double extensions, e.g. uninstall.rar.bat, which is part of some
>installations of the RAR compression utility.
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