BTW, you *are* infected!!!
Report of NAI's BetaScan:
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Scan v3.2.0A
Copyright (c) 1992-1998 Network Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
(408) 988-3832 BETA COPY - Aug 27 1998
Loading virus patterns
Virus data file V3109 created 08/28/98 21:16:11
No viruses found in memory.
Scanning C:\CURIOUS\*.*
C:\CURIOUS\TMP_.EXE
Found the TCV3 virus
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AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) reports it as "Win32.HLLP.DeTroie" ...
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http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles
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http://www.avp.ch
Regards,
Axel Pettinger
Pollus Brodeur wrote:
>
> The program is actually copying itself and a program file to the windows
> temp directory each time i run a program. I sent a copy of the generated
> program in case some of you knows how to analyse it. I get it thru a lot of
> anti-virus software and niet! No virus!
>
> Pollus Brodeur
>
> Name: Tmp_.exe
> Tmp_.exe Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> Encoding: x-uuencode
Yeah,
aren't you also wondering where NewsSniffer, VirusPatrol etc have gone to ?
There is also a Norton thingy doing some checking, don't know the name of
that one......
Marcel D - AV guy speaking entirely for myself !
This weeks free advise : It's better to disable Plug & Play in your BIOS.
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