hugoharding
03-17-2003, 08:49 AM
Okay, I downloaded a file called 'Winamp 4.0 Beta'. File size 369KB.
When i tried to open it to install, a black screen flashed up and then nothing happened, so I deleted it and downloaded winamp 3.8
This worked fine and i thought no more of the non-working one.
However, when I turned my computer on again the next day, and started up KaZaA Lite, there was an extra about 100 random files in the software section of my KaZaA, all with a size of 369KB. I deleted all of these files, and then ignored it.
The next day i turned on my computer and started up KaZaA Lite, once again, these files had appeared, and now I have to delete them every time I start KaZaA Lite.
Can I stop this happening, because it is obviously some sort of virus, but I don't know how serious it could be to my PC.
Oh yeah, it wasn't one of those files with the artist as '[SN]', because I know that those files have the same kind of effect.
So can someone help me:
a) stop the files appearing every time
B) tell me what this virus does to my computer
When i tried to open it to install, a black screen flashed up and then nothing happened, so I deleted it and downloaded winamp 3.8
This worked fine and i thought no more of the non-working one.
However, when I turned my computer on again the next day, and started up KaZaA Lite, there was an extra about 100 random files in the software section of my KaZaA, all with a size of 369KB. I deleted all of these files, and then ignored it.
The next day i turned on my computer and started up KaZaA Lite, once again, these files had appeared, and now I have to delete them every time I start KaZaA Lite.
Can I stop this happening, because it is obviously some sort of virus, but I don't know how serious it could be to my PC.
Oh yeah, it wasn't one of those files with the artist as '[SN]', because I know that those files have the same kind of effect.
So can someone help me:
a) stop the files appearing every time
B) tell me what this virus does to my computer