Worm restarts computer when trying to delete

D

Dave

I got an email with the I-Worm Sven B worm attached as an exe. I saved it to
c:\temp, identified it with my virus checker, then deleted it in Explorer.
Or tried to: as soon as I hit delete the computer restarted. It was no sweat
to delete it from the DOS prompt, but my question is this: how does it
restart the computer without even being run?

btw Running XP Pro SP1
 
K

kurt wismer

Dave said:
I got an email with the I-Worm Sven B worm attached as an exe. I saved it to
c:\temp, identified it with my virus checker, then deleted it in Explorer.
Or tried to: as soon as I hit delete the computer restarted. It was no sweat
to delete it from the DOS prompt, but my question is this: how does it
restart the computer without even being run?
Click to expand...

answer: it doesn't... the restart was coincidental...
 
J

jafar

I got an email with the I-Worm Sven B worm attached as an exe. I saved it to
c:\temp, identified it with my virus checker, then deleted it in Explorer.
Or tried to: as soon as I hit delete the computer restarted. It was no sweat
to delete it from the DOS prompt, but my question is this: how does it
restart the computer without even being run?

btw Running XP Pro SP1
Click to expand...

Normal windows SUR? ;) (Spontaneous Unexplained Reboot)
 

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