Viruse infected majorw.exe

[Richard Budden]

Hi,

My anti-virus software reported today that the file
C:\windows\system32\majorw.exe was infected with the Teadoor-A trojan. In
the process of trying to fix this, the majorw.exe file was deleted. I can't
find any reference to it on the internet anywhere, and am wondering if it
was a critical file and if I am going to have problems without it?

Cheers,

Richard

 

[Donna Buenaventura [MVP]]

Hi,

Not a system file. Your antivirus program did a good job because this
Teadoor-A trojan has the ability to turn off an antivirus programs. See
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojteadoora.html

If you suspect that you have missing or damage system files, run System File
Checker.

Regards,

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Richard Budden" <[email protected]>

|
| Hi,
|
| My anti-virus software reported today that the file
| C:\windows\system32\majorw.exe was infected with the Teadoor-A trojan. In
| the process of trying to fix this, the majorw.exe file was deleted. I can't
| find any reference to it on the internet anywhere, and am wondering if it
| was a critical file and if I am going to have problems without it?
|
| Cheers,
|
| Richard
|

There are anti virus News Groups specifically for this type of discussion.

microsoft.public.scripting.virus.discussion
microsoft.public.security.virus
alt.comp.virus
alt.comp.anti-virus

The file was the Trojan. Trojans are not viruses and do not "infect" other executables as
classic viruses do. The file was deleted and that's good.

 

[Richard Budden]

Thanks for these responses.

Richard