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Old 05-26-2004, 03:22 PM   #1
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One of my kids was surfing all evening and as usual called me in when she went to shut down and couldn't. That's about the only time I get to use the PC. Anyway, I was finally able to stop some processes and shutdown and restart and when I did I got a message that said "Registry Editor-unable to import C:\ie.reg, file may be damaged." I can't start Explorer and Norton gives me a message that it can't enable email protection and I can't run live update. I believe my cable modem is all right, but maybe some files got corrupted, but a Diskcleanup, Scandisk and Defrag didn't change things.
I'm at work, so it's tough dealing with Dell over the phone when the PC is at home.
Did anyone ever see something like this before? Registry files are a bit over my head, but I thought I'd ask if anyone has ever seen anything like this. I was told to try running AdAware, but I'm not convinced this is the result of a nasty spamming. Any thoughts would be most appreciated?
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Old 05-30-2004, 12:49 PM   #2
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HALT NOW!!!! you have a trojan !!

C:\ie.reg - REG.Startpage.CE trojan.

That is indicative of a trojan horse.
You need to clean that PC and clean it now.

get Norton Antivirus (free 15-30 day download) from website
get SpyBot Search and Destroy
get AdAware


I recomend downloading them to a different computer and burning a CD with them. Then get them installed and crank them.

There is a fine line that seperates a fisherman from a fool standing in water swinging a stick.

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