Having had 3 years clear of problems AVG has picked up this as a problem anyidea where i can get a removal took for itplease?

Trojan Horse Generic11.AEC

Google your problem and hit the translate button Prof, seems to be an MSN problem. Am sure others can be of more help....sorry and good luck.

Has AVG been able to quarantine it in the virus vault?

not that i am aware of, i deleted a man installer after it directed me to it but i beleie it is sdtill there.

Do you have a reason for believing it's still there? Try a full scan with all installed security programs to see if they find anything.

I understand the worry. It is a job to be certain malware is absolutely gone once it has got onto the system. Sometimes it needs a HijackThis log analysing to be certain. Prevention (rather than curing) is more my forte, so I wouldn't be able to help with analysing a log. If that is needed, I can recommend a place to go.

Gary,
I believe I remember you saying that you used the AVG Free software, correct? While it is good, there are some important drawbacks to it, and in your current situation the biggest being the fact it does NOT protect you against Malware which is what the Trojan horses are. AVG Free only protects you from viruses. Here is a short explanation from a very reliable site I use, PC Review.

"The free version of AVG does not provide protection from spywares, Trojans, worms, and rootkits and as such you need to be careful while surfing the Internet. AVG free is effective only against viruses, but you can make good use of it if you avoid random Internet surfing. In effect, it means that while using AVG free, you will have to limit your Internet surfing to known, reputed websites where the probability of malicious software programs is a lot less."

There are a lot of removal tools out there, but as long as you are running without full protection, the malware can continue to latch itself onto sites you visit. Trojans do NOT replicate, but once one is there, they can continue to find 'doors' into your computer.

Thanks for the advice everyone, have bitten the bulet and my mate is coming over to sort it for me.

He built the machine and is a genius,His hourly rate is £200 on a saturday but i am getting a large discount as he said he may need a place to crash in the near future.

Gary, That's probably the best way to go, malware can be a real pain to get rid of, and I am glad to hear you will get the discount in trade. Good luck!

Update on the Trojan problem i had, seemingly the only place the problem was involved was my system restore files.

They have all been cleared and the AVG has now come up as clear nothing at all effecting my pooter .

Had a number of other test run like the memory and processor speed.

My machine is now A1

That's wonderful news and so glad it was an easy fix.