"The AEC system driver (Aec.sys) supports full-duplex DirectSound applications by implementing AEC (acoustic echo cancellation) and noise-suppression algorithms in software."
perhaps not essential for a laptop, but i should have said NO
to boclean and then proceed investigate.
I don't use BOclean but I'd be very surprised/shocked if it doesn't have a function to restore files it's deleted or put in a quarantine. Have a look through it's interface and you'll hopefully find it (possibly in a quarantine or backup folder/window)
Yes, I think that a system restore should bring it back. Hopefully you haven't changed very much on your PC since the last restore point you have available. It helps make the overall restore process go smoother.
but i should have said NO
to boclean and then proceed investigate
Yeah, that's normally the way I would go. Since a message like that goes away once you click on it, it's always a good idea to make a screen capture of it (what I did) or write down the file name and path where it's located.
And as fink noted, there is a way to keep a copy of files BOClean snares. Just be sure the Keep a copy of the trojan box is checked.
I also said to remove the file, but it is still there. The warning came up several times and I said to remove the file several times. The file is still present. Maybe it wasn't actually removed, but I think it's more likely that it was automatically replaced by xp. When I checked Go Back to recover files it was there twice. When I tried to restore that file it said the file was present and do I want to replace it. Did you check to see if the file (aec) is present. It just says "aec". ".system" is not in the name
One of the strange ways that this FP situation played out was the wide variation of how the affected computers did not react the same way to the problem. In some, the AEC.sys file did not come back, even thought it should have ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193 ) And some "cleaned" PCs lost network connectivity while others did not.
In case any are interested, Comodo has initiated changes to the update testing procedure, along with a few new features added to the forthcoming 4.24 that will help to prevent so much havoc from future potential FPs. (And ALL anti-malware programs fall prey to FPs once in a while.) These changes sure make me feel better about things. Check out posts 13 and 14 here http://forums.comodo.com/index.php/topic,9059.0.html
You can see the file in C/Windows/System32/Drivers. Rt. click the "start" button at the lower left of your screen, select "explore all users", scroll to "Windows", click on "+", scroll to "system32", click on "+", scroll to "drivers" and click on folder. this will show all the files in the folder and you should see "aec". The files should be in alphabetic order. If not right click on a clear area and select "arrange icons by name". If it's in the file search it's probably where it should be.
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