[Grampa Dave]

Wow, if this is true, it may explain some problems I had late last week and this week.

My ISP provides Norton and I think/hope that it stopped and deleted the potential problems.

I was wondering what was the probable cause as I don’t go to known bad sites that transfer something to my computer.

[potlatch]

Yes, everyone needs to know about this.

[Jim Robinson]

Just because the whole world really is out to get you doesn’t mean you’re paranoid.

[SatinDoll]

This was posted previously to queries like yours. I did not do the ethical hacking to track the bad guys. Kid genius (my teenage computer-service-administrator-wannabe nephew). I’m posting what my nephew wrote for someone else who was experiencing hard drive difficulties. Pleae excuse his text messaging lingo. “hi im the genius kid and wat you have is a trojan that is not detectable by antivirus. Now before i say anything this program from what I have looked at it can install it self under several process names that run on ur computer. The two it uses are svchost.exe and explorer.exe. But they look like this, svchost..exe, or explorer..exe (notice the double periods). Now to get rid of it follow this file path WINDOWS/system32/ it should be in that folder. DO NOT DELETE A FILE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS - svchost.exe or explorer.exe. Look for the file that has the double period. Oh and by the way I am seeing if it runs under anything else, so if u cant find it then it is installed under something else. if u need more help just ask for Kid Genius” As his aunt I’m torn between gratitude and horror! I sure hope this answers questions and helps all of you.

[Calpernia]

>>>>My ISP provides Norton

Big time FYI:

http://blog.barofintegrity.us/2008/02/21/got-norton—get-rid-of-it.aspx
Got Norton? Get Rid of It!