virus found

[Guest]

i have just installed all my software and my avg anty
virus as found a virus in
c:\window\system32\wins\dllhost.exe
there are too files of the same, apart from one is in
capital letters , the one with the virus. the virus is
worm/nachi . my anty virus cant remove it and i have
tryed doing it manuly but it will not go . has any one
got a way with out wiping my hard drive again.to remove it

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Welchia worm, see:
http://www.pchell.com/virus/welchia.shtml

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Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Sharon F]

i have just installed all my software and my avg anty
virus as found a virus in
c:\window\system32\wins\dllhost.exe
there are too files of the same, apart from one is in
capital letters , the one with the virus. the virus is
worm/nachi . my anty virus cant remove it and i have
tryed doing it manuly but it will not go . has any one
got a way with out wiping my hard drive again.to remove it

Nachi is also known as Welchia. Details about how to remove this worm can
be found here:

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger


Bruce Chambers

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