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AVG is picking up my profile as a infection

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AnonymousUser
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I use AVG recently it has started picking up a infection - virus found spam - upon checking the rest of the link its my profile, i run my other security programs an they find nothing, need to know whats causing it an how to fix it.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== about 5/13/10

I use AVG recently it has started picking up a infection - virus found spam - upon checking the rest of the link its my profile, i run my other security programs an they find nothing, need to know whats causing it an how to fix it. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == about 5/13/10

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rjohnson19
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Could you paste the name of the detection from AVG?

I am guessing it is detecting it in your cache.

See Firefox cache file was infected with a virus for more information and how to clear your cache to most likely resolve the detection.

Note: It is unlikely that you have been infected.

AnonymousUser
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i did post what the infection said in the description above - infection - virus found spam yes its picking it up in the cache yes i have cleaned the cache out a couple of times an it still happens. while i am fairly sure my computer is not infected this should not be happening

AnonymousUser
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Well its been fixed, no longer happening, i did contact AVG about it.