Re: Is this really a Worm?

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From: Frank (bbunny_at_bqik.net)
Date: 08/22/04


Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:27:02 -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?

Read the following page.

<http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=complus+applications>



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