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Leonard
It appears that a file named BETA.EXE was the culprit. It
identified itself as a winsock. I deleted all references
form the registry and, at least for now, see no adverse
behavior. alt-ctl-del works as advertised.
I SUBJECTED MY SYSTEM TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL AND
ON-LINE VIRUS SCANNERS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC CLEANING TOOLS
FOR THE SUSPECTED VIRUSES. NO VIRUS WAS EVER FOUND AND A
SCAN OF THE FILE "BETA.EXE" ALSO PRODUCED A CLEAN REPORT.
Sincere thanks to Patty and David for their suggestions.
Leonard
identified itself as a winsock. I deleted all references
form the registry and, at least for now, see no adverse
behavior. alt-ctl-del works as advertised.
I SUBJECTED MY SYSTEM TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL AND
ON-LINE VIRUS SCANNERS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC CLEANING TOOLS
FOR THE SUSPECTED VIRUSES. NO VIRUS WAS EVER FOUND AND A
SCAN OF THE FILE "BETA.EXE" ALSO PRODUCED A CLEAN REPORT.
Sincere thanks to Patty and David for their suggestions.
Leonard