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"Grant Robertson" wrote:

> In article <9CE5DE22-6032-43A7-88B2-EAB5E7DEF5B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > I had a Trojan worm that i spent 3 day tracking, but you wont have to spend
> > that long. my Virus was the W32.Beagle.gen, I finally went to my registry and
> > used find. when i found it. i deleted it.
> >
> So you had the exact same problem? How did you find the virus entry in
> your registry? Surely it isn't entered under the name given to it by
> antivirus software?
>
> Searching my registry for a long list of trojans and viruses is something
> I expect my antivirus software to do.
>
Grant,,
I was surprised too. all the antivirus program did not remove it. I was at a
loss.
but after 3 days of internet searches and trial & error, I was able to
figure it out.
The most inportant thing is to identify the virus that is affecting the
computer.
I found a reference in Norton info pages that some virus had to be manully
removed. They hid very successfully in the Registry. Yes the virus is under
the same name that the antivirus give. Here is the norton website that i used
to find the proper name.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html
but first thing is to run the msconfig to make sure that the start up
application are not being hampered by a bad program loaded in the start up
configuraton
follow this task in this website.
http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
if this does not load the msconfig as about then you must download the
applet below from Mike lin. "MIKE LIN ROCKS!!!"
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
in the config startup applications use this site to identify any bad
applications
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
after the system config is clear then go to the registry and do the 'FIND'
Go to START>RUN> enter "regedit" >click OK.
in the Registry editor go menu > edit>Find enter the proper virus name.
when it is found delete it and everything should be fine.
CIAO
Terry
P.S. my red harddrive light is very dim now. and the computer is very
silent. I think the virus was giving my system a work out. The computer is
twice as quiet, now. Before the red light on the harddrive was almost alway
bright. now it is hardly on. A lot less stress on the system. the computer is
a lot faster and smoother also.
Good luck!!!

.

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