Wormy question

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Yesterday, I had a diff looking icon in the tray so I opened the
Tuneup 2006 start manager and there was an entry that had the name
worm, so I unchecked it and ran for my AGV antivirus, I ran it twice
and nother was picked up on, and no disasters befell me. Anyone
have a clue? 98SE. sys.

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
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Hi Greg,

Could be coincidence, could be not. In order to be sure I would (on a
different computer) download a DOS scanner (F-prot, for instance, with
the latest definitions), unpack the whole lot; write the program to a CD
(RW) which you made bootable.

Boot from this CD. Then scan the whole system with this program which can
take, depending of the size of your hard disk and your system's speed,
quite some time.

If your box doesn't support booting from CD, then - again on the other
system - make a boot floppy with CD support, boot from the floppy, then
change to the CD and start the virus scanner. F-prot can report only if
it finds something suspicious, which is the safest way to find out if for
instance your system files have been infected by something!
 
gregfarr said:
Yesterday, I had a diff looking icon in the tray.
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If it is still there, put a picture on your web site or here.
ImageShack
http://imageshack.us/
http://reg.imageshack.us/content.php?page=faq

If you are in any windows based program, just hit the Print Screen key
on your keyboard ( or Ctrl + V ) and you have a full screenshot.
If you hold down the 'Alt' key with the Print Screen key, you will
capture only the window that is on your screen, not the whole desk top.
This sends it to Clipboard, now you can Paste it into Paint ( go to
Edit ) or any other Windows based graphics program.
Save as...
Save as type, select JPEG etc.
 
If it is still there, put a picture on your web site or here.
ImageShack
http://imageshack.us/
http://reg.imageshack.us/content.php?page=faq

If you are in any windows based program, just hit the Print Screen key
on your keyboard ( or Ctrl + V ) and you have a full screenshot.
If you hold down the 'Alt' key with the Print Screen key, you will
capture only the window that is on your screen, not the whole desk top.
This sends it to Clipboard, now you can Paste it into Paint ( go to
Edit ) or any other Windows based graphics program.
Save as...
Save as type, select JPEG etc.
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No, all gone, but maybe not. I'm gonna try to get F-prot, and give it
a try, the only bad thing to happen aound timeline of this event is
the loss of associations for mp3's and movies.

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
 
No, all gone, but maybe not. I'm gonna try to get F-prot, and give it
a try, the only bad thing to happen aound timeline of this event is
the loss of associations for mp3's and movies.

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
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Hi Greg,

JMatt's advise is a good one, as it would enable us to see what exactly
changed.

A question: Did you install something that could have caused all this?
(Changed icon, lost associations). Those might come back if you install
the program they were associated with again, so that should not be a big
loss!
 
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