tskmgr32.exe trojan horse

[Cary]

I have just run a virus scan using today's Norton
definition file. Admittedly, I am a bit behind on the
updated definitions. It has identified the tskmgr32.exe
as a Trojan horse file. The file specifics are:
Location: C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\tskmgr32.exe
Size 188kb
Date 8/29/2002

I do not recall this file being identified before and I
have not heard of this one before. Norton is unable to
clean, quarantine, or remove this file. Is this indeed a
virus and if so is there anyway to correct it

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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It could be this virus. Removal instructions can be found in the web page. If not, post back with the specific name of the virus that was found, not the file name.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.xabot.worm.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks Doug, that worked. Not all the registry entries in the instructions were there, but after I followed the instructions that did apply the infected file was gone

The original scan did not name the virus. Only the file name and the virus type was a Trojan Horse. That was why I was questioning if this was a real virus or not

Thanks again,
Car