AVG names critical Windows file as a Trojan

Many users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8 were stuck with Windows systems that didn’t operate after the AVG security scanner software mistakenly identified a necessary Windows component as a Trojan virus.

The file user32.dll was tagged incorrectly as a banking Trojan after a signature update on Sunday. The AVG scanner then advised users to delete the “harmful file.” So, of course…many listened. And when they did, they were stuck with a system that either would not boot or else was knocked into a continuous reboot cycle. Continued after the break.