Re: I have an odd message from the Windows Security in XP sp2

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 01/06/05


Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:59:47 -0700

Bill;
It seems obvious that your computer has been compromised.
Have you run an updated virus scan?

Follow the yellow section on this link:
 http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

If you can not reasonably determine the source and level of corruption as
well as clean it, a Clean Installation may be the best option.

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Bill Fruge" <Bill Fruge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:4A87AC36-DBA5-49FC-BDFD-AC84F147EEA3@microsoft.com...
>I received the message that "requester.10.exe" was being blocked.
> "requester.10.exe" and "requester.9.exe" two relatively new files in my
> "Windows\System32" directory. Anyone have any idea what these programs 
> are? I
> suspect its either a backdoor/trojan or whomever the anonymous 
> programmer(s)
> left some unusual text in "requester.10.exe". In "requester.10.exe" at 
> line
> D0 there is this word "4D 55 48 41 48 41 48 41 48 41 48 41" or
> "MUHAHAHAHAHA". Ideas anyone? 


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