. antivirus
When avast scans this file, it will report finding EICAR Test-­NOT virus!!. It is very important to know that THIS IS NOT A VIRUS! However, users often have the need to test that their installations work properly. The antivirus industry, through the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, has adopted this standard to facilitate this need. Please delete the file when installation testing is completed so that unsuspecting users are not unnecessarily alarmed.
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I have killed it each time using Task manager, and it takes-out any other ie sessions I am running as well, which suggests that it has plugged itself into ie somehow. I have deleted every cookie it has given to me, I have blocked every site it has referenced.
In such events, multiple bugs were found in antivirus software, while processing malformed packed executables. Some of these bugs proved to be security vulnerabilities which could make the antivirus itself as a back door for hackers. The affected antivirus software vendors were informed of this anomalous behaviour. The affected software include many popular commercial and open source antivirus software such as AVG, F-Secure (F-Prot), Sophos, ClamAV, BitDefender, Avast. Other software could also be vulnerable