RE: c:/windows/sys.exe??

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From: MAP (MAP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04


Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:23:05 -0700

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"David" wrote:

> After a viral/trojan infection by irc/backdoor and downloader.funii (maybe) i
> have had a program called sys.exe popping up in my firewall trying to access
> the internet. What first struck me as odd is that windows is in small
> letters and all other references seen during a virus scan are in caps. And
> of course why would the sys need to connect to the internet. Any way, any
> idea what virus causes this file to appear, can i just delete it? My virus
> program healed the two trojans and removed two other .exe files that were
> popping up in my firewall. Also, i can not get a toolbar to work since this
> happened. I checked the settings in IE6 and they are fine. Thanks



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