Trojan.win32.zyx.awk

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

to a hidden system directory, e.g., C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe or %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\winhelper.dat trojan.win32.zyx.awk

Some advanced versions of this trojan operate without writing an executable to disk. Instead, they: trojan.win32.zyx.awk

While it often points to genuine malware like information stealers or coin miners, it is also a very common for specific types of non-malicious files. Is it a real threat or a false positive? trojan.win32.zyx.awk