HTML Script.inf Virus?

[Rasmey]

My brother is having a problem with his computer. He uses Avast antivirus and now whenever he open a website (anything at all) Avast warning pop up and say these:

A Virus Was Found
File name: http://www.yahoo.com (example)
Malware name: HTML Script.inf
Malware type: Virus/Worm

and it wont go anywhere until he abort action and then the internet explorer was close and he can't do anything after that (the computer stuck).

Is it virus? or is it because of Avast? I search on the net and found other people who have the same problem with Avast (only) but there's no solution.

Help please!

Rasmey

 

[Julio Franco]

Script.Inf is a piece of malware that infects Windows INF files. Windows will run the script commands in an INF file. Like other viruses, Script.Inf makes use of a few other steps when infecting, creating a TXT file and then appending it to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it runs at system startup.

Most recently we understand there are some web advertisements where a similar infection has been infiltrated (you are probably being notified through your antivirus app), though these shouldn't pose a major threat since they can't be executed if you are running an up to date version of your browser.

Make sure you are running the latest version of Firefox 4, Internet Explorer 9 or Google Chrome:
https://www.techspot.com/downloadid19by4.html