WMI problems.. help!

[Guest]

Ok.. I keep getting this WMI error report pop-up. It sometimes occurs when I install games (ex. splinter cell pandora tomarrow demo, halo, rise of nations)and always occurs when I try to make a directX diagnostic. This doesn't happen to all my games like warcraft3, diablo2, and a few others. The error report says that WMI has encountered an error and needs to shutdown. After I send the error report it says "Thank you for taking the time to report this problem. Please Follow the link below for information which may prevent this problem in the future." Naturally i click on teh link "More information". It then takes me to this microsoft webpage, http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=227, where it says that this error was most likely cause by W32/Pate.b.worm Virus. It says to

Now I was wondering, obviously, how do you get rid of this WMI problem??? Should I get anti-virus detection software for this virus if this is whats possibly causing the problem?? What should I do??

 

[Roger Abell]

Yes. If you are lucky the system is cleanable.
Get to a major AV vendor website and obtain cleaning tools,
then you really should install AV software and keep it updated.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

Ok.. I keep getting this WMI error report pop-up. It sometimes occurs when

I install games (ex. splinter cell pandora tomarrow demo, halo, rise of
nations)and always occurs when I try to make a directX diagnostic. This
doesn't happen to all my games like warcraft3, diablo2, and a few others.
The error report says that WMI has encountered an error and needs to
shutdown. After I send the error report it says "Thank you for taking the
time to report this problem. Please Follow the link below for information
which may prevent this problem in the future." Naturally i click on teh link
"More information". It then takes me to this microsoft webpage,
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=227, where it says that this
error was most likely cause by W32/Pate.b.worm Virus. It says to

Now I was wondering, obviously, how do you get rid of this WMI problem???

Should I get anti-virus detection software for this virus if this is whats
possibly causing the problem?? What should I do??