Trojan Horse Virus

[Bob Duncan]

My Norton Anti-Virus program identified a Trojan Horse
virus which infected the file 'info32.exe' . However it
could neither quarantine or repair the infected file ,
and I could not delete the file manually. I then
restarted in safe mode and was able to run NAV and
quarantine the file . However I now get a couple of error
messages on start-up , stating that this file cannot be
found etc . I think this is because the registry still
has a reference to this file and so the systemm is
looking for it on start-up. Can I safely delete this file
from the registry ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There is a very helpful virus removal newsgroup you may wish to post to:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.virus

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

Virus Removal Tools
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

Online Virus Removal Tutorials
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/virusremoval/virusremoval_info_tutorial.html

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;129972


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My Norton Anti-Virus program identified a Trojan Horse
| virus which infected the file 'info32.exe' . However it
| could neither quarantine or repair the infected file ,
| and I could not delete the file manually. I then
| restarted in safe mode and was able to run NAV and
| quarantine the file . However I now get a couple of error
| messages on start-up , stating that this file cannot be
| found etc . I think this is because the registry still
| has a reference to this file and so the systemm is
| looking for it on start-up. Can I safely delete this file
| from the registry ?