If anyone has downloaded the most recent versions of Download Accelerator (DAP 6.0 and above) from kazaalite it may contain a virus called system32.exe. This file has hundreds of sources so a lot people have it without realising its a virus. System32 is not a native windows file, even thought the name suggests it may be.
It is an executable and not self-extracting zip file, even though the icon gives the impression it is. It will not allow you to extract by right-cliking, thats how you can tell its not zipped up.
If you have installed this into you system it will slow down your computer and try to gain internet access. Make sure you deny in access to the internet and delete it from the system32 folder in windows.
But to delete you will need to shut it down first otherwise windows wont allow deletion as it is a running process.
press Ctrl Alt Delete, and go to processes, highlight system32.exe and click End Process. Then go to C drive >windows>System32 and delete system32.exe.
You will need to edit the registry so windows wont look for it at start up. Ideally you should use System Restore feature to retsore your computer to before you installed it on your system.
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