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kung_pow2000
12-01-2003, 03:15 AM
Does anyone else have the file "download_me.exe". I don't know how i got it but it can't be deleted. whenever i try it just comes back. The file size is 26kb.

Please help!
camille
12-01-2003, 03:20 AM
Go to MS Dos mode, find that file and delete it. You'll be successful!
firefox
12-01-2003, 03:22 AM
you may not be able to delete it because you still have kazaa open. Close it first before you try to delete it. But I would be worried more on how it got there. Update you anti virus software first and then run a full system scan. You will probably find out that it is a virus. The file size and name sound suspicios to me. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/b/smiley2k.gif
muchspl2
12-01-2003, 03:32 AM
you have a virus
its the W32/Spybot-B

you need to download http://www.grisoft.com to get rid of it, its also the best AV IMO
kung_pow2000
12-01-2003, 04:48 AM
none of these things work, whenever i try to install or run something related to the virus it shuts down. i have norton, but when it opens it closes a ffew seconds later, same with regedit, task manager, and a bunch of other stuff.

Got any Ideas?
muchspl2
12-01-2003, 05:02 AM
norton for you :rolleyes: but more likely you fell behind on updates
have you tried avg? this is the only "other"AV I reccomend http://www.sophos.com
avg and sophos are free, shophos you need a crack after 30 days
3rd gen noob
12-01-2003, 05:07 AM
nod32 is a very good av (better detection than norton)
muchspl2
12-01-2003, 05:12 AM
how the resources on nod32, norton uses too much for me
3rd gen noob
12-01-2003, 05:19 AM
Originally posted by muchspl2@1 December 2003 - 04:12
how the resources on nod32, norton uses too much for me
nod32 is very good on resources :)
also very quick to do a full system scan (approx 6 mins on my 130GB+ of files (albeit a lot of those are music/video)
kazaaliteuser007
12-01-2003, 05:29 AM
got rid of it yet?, what did u download prior to this appearing on ur system, its so we know not to download the same file :rolleyes:
firefox
12-01-2003, 05:59 AM
Once again you got a virus, you can download a removal tool from McAfee called STINGER (http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.asp) or go to NORTON Removel tool (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html) web site and download the removal tool once you find out what virus it is.

Also you can try and start your computer in safe mode and see if norton will kick in so that you can use it to remove the virus. You could probably delete the file in safe mode too. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/b/smiley2k.gifhttp://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/b/smokin.gif