New XP Virus?

From: XPUSER8711 (XPUSER8711_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:07:02 -0800

I have a bit of a problem that I was hoping someone would help me with. I
believe that I may have a virus on my machine but none of the top virus
protectors including Norton, BitDefender or even Avast have been able to
locate it. Here's what happens. I noticed about a week ago that some of the
filenames on my computer had turned blue. I thought nothing of it untill I
tried to attach one of these files to a hotmail message. The TrendMicro
virus protector that Hotmail uses insists that the file is infected with a
virus that cannot be cleaned. I therefore went to the TrendMicro website and
performed a free online scan. The results showed no virus on my machine. I
then downloaded the trial version of Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security
2005 and it too could not locate the alleged virus, Trojan, worm or whatever
is preventing me from attaching these files to my hotmail message. I am
therefore wondering if hotmail is having a problem with its server systems.
Or, if TrendMicro is able to detect a virus in an uploaded file, why was it
unable to detect it on my system. I've tried several other virus protection
software tools and none can detect the virus. I am very concerned since most
of the files on my system now have blue filenames...including system files!
Here are the symptoms.

Virus/Trojan/Worm Symptom:
Filenames of infected files turn blue
Unable to upload files in hotmail (yahoo does not detect a virus)

I am using Microsoft Windows XP Professional Software Version 5.1.2600
Service Pack 2 Build 2600

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Can one stop attachments to prevent DOS attack?
    ... I've used the Hotmail account once and have no real intention of using ... For now at least I am going to continue using the ntl email address. ... Despite the fact their attitude to virus irritates me, ... >> viruses will wake up and realise it's not in their interest to do ...
    (comp.sys.sun.admin)
  • Re: Can one stop attachments to prevent DOS attack?
    ... I've used the Hotmail account once and have no real intention of using ... For now at least I am going to continue using the ntl email address. ... Despite the fact their attitude to virus irritates me, ... >> viruses will wake up and realise it's not in their interest to do ...
    (comp.sys.sun.admin)
  • Re: How Do I Stop This Email
    ... Someone else has a PC infected with a virus and the virus is sending itself as the ... original message and using your e-mail address as the sender. ... The message is the virus itself, pretending to be a returned mail. ... case of Hotmail, you may be able to adjust the Hotmail Junk Mail filtering to reduce the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Mail Deliver Subsystem responses.
    ... | friends do not USE hotmail. ... It also seems strange that I have received these ... | mails as they don't LOOK like the normal computer-generated delivery ... | is a simple virus or something more. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • internet explorer browser problem
    ... I am suspected that my pc has been infected by virus. ... The symphtom is like this, when i open my hotmail, i ... character" infact that i has entered more then 10 ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
Quantcast