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My malware/virus protector has identified Trojans within Firefox files that it says it cannot access and therefore, presumably, delete. What di I do? - firefox.exe(5012) and (3188)

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The virus is identified as Trojan Horse agent _r.x]

The virus is identified as Trojan Horse agent _r.x]

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Which security program are you using which supposedly detects those files? What's it called?

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Please see this thread which includes a tool to remove the rootkit you have installed and which AVG cannot remove: http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=73268