mstcpcon20.dll found on Windows\system32

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Just receive notification from Symantec Antivirus after the weekly update
that some of our desktop is infected by a virus. Is this really a virus or
an error on the antivirus definition?
 
MA said:
Just received notification from Symantec Antivirus after the weekly update
that some of our desktops are infected by a virus. Is this really a virus or
an error on the antivirus definition?

Why would you doubt the notification? Just delete it.
 
MA said:
just wanted to know what does this file do to windows XP, any idea?

A Google search followed by a Google Groups search showed few hits
because it's one of the random filenames used by a particular piece of
malware. If not random, it's so new that there have been few posts on
it. Symantec Antivirus recognized a piece of coding used by malware,
after it updated its virus definitions. If Symantec Antivirus gave a
name for the malware, you could look up the description there. The name
of the malware could differ between Antivirus sites.

If it's a dialer, it watches keystrokes, and password entries, and
reports back with the data. There are also worms, Trojans, and other
malware and spyware which are named according to their specific tasks.
 

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