Re: Backdoor.SDBot.Gen virus - suggestions please

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:55:09 -0500

Reboot the computer in Safe Mode and Rescan your system. Also see:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.sdbot.g.html

For complete removal instructions. 

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"David" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3aee01c3e2af$4d7c1ec0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Norton 2003 tells me I have a virus called 
> Backdoor.SDBot.Gen on my system in:
> 
> C:\windows\system32\syscfg32.exe
> 
> And that it can't repair or quarantine the file. It 
> appears I am supposed to delete it but don't know how as 
> ordinary delete just results in an can't access denied 
> message.
> 
> Can anyone help - and what happens if I succeed? Do I 
> need the infected file??

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