Re: Is this really a Worm?

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From: Dick Kistler (dickkist_at_nospam-hotmail.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:33:52 -0400

"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
news:zQQVc.14274$Qa4.7956@twister.socal.rr.com...
> Suddenly I found a new program in my Program Files : "Complus
> Applications".
> According to Google, this is related to the win32/lablan.a worm.
>
> My AVG Virus Checker shows no viruses. Spybot also reports a clean slate.
>
> My computer seems to be working OK.
>
> However, if I try to read a .txt file, Win XP tells me that it cannot find
> Notepad.exe. A "search" indicates that Notepad.exe is in c:\windows and
> also
> in c:\windows\system32\dllcache.
>
> Are these two problems related? What can I do?
>
> --
>
> Walter
> The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net
> -
>
>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=win32%2Flablan.a+worm.

Dick Kistler

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