Re: TAPIS.EXE
From: J Stillwaggon (JStillwaggon_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 03:57:04 -0800
I did what you said and it did not clear out the problem, but what Ad-Aware
did was tell me what folder the TAPIS.EXE file was hiding in. I was able to
then go in and delete the file and get rid of it. I was also able to get rid
of some viruses that McAfee did not catch and many malware references. The
computer is working fine now and I appreciate your help.
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
> 1) Download the following three items...
>
> Trend Sysclean Package
> http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp
>
> Latest Trend signature files.
> http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp
>
> Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>
> Create a directory.
> On drive "C:\"
> (e.g., "c:\New Folder")
> or the desktop
> (e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")
>
> Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
> Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
> For example; lpt385.zip
>
> Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
> SYSCLEAN.COM.
>
> 2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
> 3) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
> 4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode and shutdown as many applications as possible.
> 5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
> platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
> (a few cycles may be needed)
> 6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
> Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
> 7) If you are using WinME or WinXP,Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any
> System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
> 8) Reboot your PC.
> 9) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>
>
>
>
> "J Stillwaggon" <J Stillwaggon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1C0D6A27-F834-4CB8-B686-346F36C221FA@microsoft.com...
> | My stepdaughter has a Dell Inspiron Laptop running Windows 2000. Her
> | computer is very slow and when I ran task manager, I noticed that there was a
> | file "tapis.exe" that is using between 50-70% of the CPU resources and
> | approximately 17-24MB of memory. I try to end the process and it keeps
> | coming back immediately. I used the config.sys and it is not showing up in
> | the Start-up tab. I installed McAfee virus scan and scanned for viruses and
> | deleted the one virus found. I rebooted and the file is still there. I did
> | a search on the hard drive for that file and could not find it. I did a
> | search on Google for this file and only found one reference on a French
> | web-site for a game. Has anyone ever heard of this file and what it is
> | supposed to do? Is there any way that I can get rid of it, short of slicking
> | the hard-drive and reloading the entire system?
>
>
>
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