TAPIS.EXE

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My stepdaughter has a Dell Inspiron Laptop running Windows 2000. Her
computer is very slow and when I ran task manager, I noticed that there was a
file "tapis.exe" that is using between 50-70% of the CPU resources and
approximately 17-24MB of memory. I try to end the process and it keeps
coming back immediately. I used the config.sys and it is not showing up in
the Start-up tab. I installed McAfee virus scan and scanned for viruses and
deleted the one virus found. I rebooted and the file is still there. I did
a search on the hard drive for that file and could not find it. I did a
search on Google for this file and only found one reference on a French
web-site for a game. Has anyone ever heard of this file and what it is
supposed to do? Is there any way that I can get rid of it, short of slicking
the hard-drive and reloading the entire system?
 
1) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend signature files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt385.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
SYSCLEAN.COM.

2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode and shutdown as many applications as possible.
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) If you are using WinME or WinXP,Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any
System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point

* * * Please report back your results * * *

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html




| My stepdaughter has a Dell Inspiron Laptop running Windows 2000. Her
| computer is very slow and when I ran task manager, I noticed that there was a
| file "tapis.exe" that is using between 50-70% of the CPU resources and
| approximately 17-24MB of memory. I try to end the process and it keeps
| coming back immediately. I used the config.sys and it is not showing up in
| the Start-up tab. I installed McAfee virus scan and scanned for viruses and
| deleted the one virus found. I rebooted and the file is still there. I did
| a search on the hard drive for that file and could not find it. I did a
| search on Google for this file and only found one reference on a French
| web-site for a game. Has anyone ever heard of this file and what it is
| supposed to do? Is there any way that I can get rid of it, short of slicking
| the hard-drive and reloading the entire system?
 
I did what you said and it did not clear out the problem, but what Ad-Aware
did was tell me what folder the TAPIS.EXE file was hiding in. I was able to
then go in and delete the file and get rid of it. I was also able to get rid
of some viruses that McAfee did not catch and many malware references. The
computer is working fine now and I appreciate your help.
 
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