W95.Henky.Gen

From: Tony (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 04:13:43 -0800

I'm running WinXP Pro, NTFS with several users set up. I
have Norton Internet Security and Anti-Virus installed and
configured for auto-updates. I was logged on and then
logged on a second user who needed to use the internet.
When they logged off and I went back to my desktop there
was a message from Norton that 'C:\Program
Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe' had a virus: 'W95.Henky.Gen'
and could not be repaired. It would be disabled.
According to Norton's web site, this virus attacks .EXE
files. Not a good thing! But they had no further info on
it. I then attempted a full system scan under windows
which resulted in a blue screen/mem dump. When I tried to
boot off the NAV CD I was told it couldn't check
compressed files. After restarting normally, then
checking in Explorer my second physical Hard Drive (D:,
E:, F:) was apparently no longer formatted, I was asked if
I wanted to format now. Also the C: drive went from being
nearly fragmentation free to seriously fragmented. I
removed the second drive. I've updated my virus
definitions and re-run a full system scan. The system is
apparently virus-free. Where did the virus go? Can I
recover my data on the second drive?

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