Re: possible virus in pc

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/30/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:14:18 -0400

User Accounts does use HTA (HyperText Application) files to do its job. MSHTA.EXE is the executable that processes HTA files. This is normal. 

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
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"mickdacook" <mickdacook@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B15FA041-E5C6-451F-9FD1-1CC9735CBA83@microsoft.com...
>I have a message that is being blocked by my antivirus sotware that has 
> fileMSHTA,exe. it try's to open when i check on my user accounts. I think 
> someone has hijacked my puter,but spybot dont catch it neither do microsoft 
> beta security. do's anyone know what this file is?
> 
> 
> -- 
> mickey

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Logging on
    ... Control Panel, User Accounts. ... Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • Re: Missing files
    ... If Pro, is your system a stand alone computer, or part of a domain? ... Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display ... >>> is no "Related Tasks" category in User Accounts in the ...
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  • Re: user screen
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  • Re: administrator password
    ... If you're logged on as an administrator level user, you can change the password by going to Control Panel, User Accounts. ... Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: User Accounts
    ... MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes ... Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro ... > I'm not sure whether my partner's PC has a some kind of trojan virus or that> she has been deleting various user accounts but she now finds she can't log> on to XP at all. ... > I'm thinking that perhaps the only way round this is a complete reinstall of> XP home. ...
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