I posted somthing similar earlier, but that thread went on a tangent, so reposting here with follow up questions
Vista Home Premium 32 bit Service Pack 2
IE7 browser NAV2008 DSL connection
about a week ago was browsing yahoo site ( I was not attempting a download of anything from the yahoo site)and received a Norton pop up indicating a security action.
Nortonreported that
Auto-Protect has detected Trojan.Pidief.G
Status: Blocked
Recommended Action: Resolved-No action
So I'm thinking that the nasty was blocked before it was able to enter my system. However, the Norton notification also indicated
File Name/Affected Are as
C:\Users\MyPC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\TemporaryInternetFiles\Low\Content.ie5\13uls7th\ohdef02cv5000f07006rd9f71410t96c70708kedbe8917[1].pdf
But I show nothing in my quarantine history. if a file/affected area is indicated, shouldn't there be something in quarantine?
When I try to find that "file" I can only go as far as content.ie5 and then when I open that up, I see nothing there indicating such
I know some have had similar issues where they were attacked by a Trojan.Pidief.G , but they have files quarantined. I'm concerned that there were no quarantined files in the attack on me.
maybe I'm not understanding auto-protect? My sense is that it blocked it from getting into my system, but then why does it show an affected area/file?
Now under security history under Norton Community watch it does show a "statistical submission" of the file noted above. But again, why is there a file if it (Trojan)was blocked at point of contact?
So:
1. Was this already in my system and trying to activate?
2. Was it blocked by auto-protect because it was trying to get ON my system?
3. Why is there an affected area noted, but nothing in my quarantine folder?
4. What actions to I need to take? Or is this resolved already? ( I have deleted temp internet files)