Re: download,trojan virus

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 12/05/03 

Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 07:41:05 -0500

Judy,
wupdater.exe = "Parasite.KeenValue"
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-01-03]
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"judy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d62301c3baeb$b2f22380$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I had just brought my Norton antivirus up to date with
> all defintions and live updates and when i went to reboot
> the computer said their was and err and I had to use
> control ,alt, delete to shut down.  When i rebooted there
> was a virus alert on the screen which said Object
> name:\Program files\Common files\updated\wupdater.exe
> Virus name; Download, Trojan
> Action taken; Access to file was denied.
> I am not very knowledgeable with computers so I rescaned
> my whole system with the Anti virus.  When done it could
> not repair or quarantine and wanted to delete file.  My
> question is what happens when i delete this file.  Is it
> an important file and how do I handle this problem.   I
> am running XP home edition on a compaq computer that i
> purchased in 2002. any help will be greatly appreciated.

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