Re: Uninstall desktop virus?

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McMud2000 wrote:
Has anyone experienced a virus that uninstalls the desktop?
I am running WinXP HE v2002SP2. This "thing" caused the
desktop to be blank except for the icons. Also, right
clicking on the desktop did not bring up the properties box
to make any changes. I just ran Symantec Anti-virus and it
identified the "uninstdsk.exe" as a trojan horse and
quarantined it. However, the desktop was still blank and
still no properties box. Going through the "Control Panel",
Desktop", "Customize Desktop", "Web" tab, there was an item
called "Uninstall Desktop" that was checked. I unchecked
the box and now have the desktop picture back along with
right click functions. However, how do I completely remove
this "Uninstall" option?

I'd make a trip to the Symantec site and see if there is more
information there. Often when you get hit with things like that
there are tasks still to be done that the av cannot do. It's
great you have the info you need to search on - worth checking.

I got curious: Try here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.alemod.b.html

IF that's it, there's a LONG dissertation on it. It's also
fairly new and would be subject to there being different variants
of it.
I found it by searching for the exe file you posted.

HTH,
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