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Old March 7th, 2001, 10:53 AM   #1
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Post :) Virus???

Anybody see a virus that pops up a dialog box with a in it everytime you try to run anything??

It also gives some funky spanish message next!

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Old March 7th, 2001, 11:19 AM   #2
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It's either Navidad, or the variant.

The writeup is on Norton's Site. I'd post the address, but I'm having trouble posting the html.
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Old March 7th, 2001, 11:20 AM   #3
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Well, I found where it is loading, it is loading a file called wintask.exe in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\comand\ key.

I have deleted wintask.exe and restored this key to %1"%.....but does anyone know what virus this is, so I can research it to see what else I might need to do to insure this machine is completely clean from it?

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Old March 7th, 2001, 01:17 PM   #4
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well, after getting it clean enough that I could actually run programs, I ran norton, and sure enough, it was identified as the Navidad!.....Kudos to you KoWind7 !!

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Old March 7th, 2001, 05:23 PM   #5
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If I haven't seen a new virus, I'm shocked. Our customers, for the most part, are morons. Sell them NAV, and they NEVER update it. I check Norton's site every day to see what virus the next few systems I see will have.

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