I have been encountering this problem of SVCHOST.exe virus from the last few days. Whenever i connect to the internet, this error comes up and then copy/paste doesn't work, Msoffice doesn't work properly and the computer has to be restarted. If i don't use the internet then there is no problem. FixWelch from symantec doesn't show any virus. Further, there is a NPROTECT.exe process running as shown in task manager.Is this a virus? And what about rape.exe. this process along with svchost.exe is taking all teh CPU and i'm being shown 100% CPU usage. My system has become very slow. Norton is simply not working. No task bar icon is shown. Ans when i try to open it, it disappears instantly. Please help me. Its really important.

Hi Nidz, download,update and run CWShredder and Spybot search and Destroy at http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ Dowload also Highjack This from the same site run a scan and post the scan on this site. The tech guys will say you what to do further.You might download Ad Aware also http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506 succes

This sounds very similar to whats happening to me..copy & paste not working, FixWelch saying theres no sign of the virus, Norton not scanning, slow system...can you not move files about in explorer either? It's a pain in the arse, I tried Search & Destroy but had no luck, gonna try CWShredder next. Good luck sorting it nidz mate, and if u do, PLEASE tell me what u did!

Just found out, the cut n paste not working might be due to RPC being stopped in the services. Run services.msc, then scroll to RPC and right click, and hit 'start'. It sorted out my cut n paste problem. Now to sort out the other 1000 problems :-(

I just Googled "rape.exe" and it comes up as the Hybris worm. Your process could be this (or something else packaged with a name to tempt). Check out what Norton has to say about Hybris: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.worm.html I know that many infections try to disable NAV and lots of other AV software. When I installed Norton Internet Security 2004 the first thing it did was to scan for infections which would interfere with its installation. Good luck

Hi tamtam, I downloaded all the softwares u wrote. The spybot search n destroy scan shows red icons for some cookies and some data source object exploit-registry change. I can't make out wat all this means and wat i shud do with them. I'll post the scan of the other software tmoro. Meanwhile see if u cud identify my prob.

HI again, this is the scan report from HijackThis. Now tell me wat i shud do further. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 12:04:25 AM, on 12/20/2003 Platform: Windows 2000 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.00 (5.00.2920.0000) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINNT\System32\rape.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe C:\WINNT\Explorer.exe C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winampa.exe C:\WINNT\System32\WINCFG32.exe C:\WINNT\System32\mdm.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\MESSEN~1\ymsgr_tray.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Nidhi Gupta\Desktop\VirusTools\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe C:\WINNT\System32\mspaint.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.exe R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://hotmail.com/ O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\System32\msdxm.ocx O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinampAgent] "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winampa.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TASK MANAGER] taskmgr.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NAV CfgWiz] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\Cfgwiz.exe /R O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Advanced Tools Check] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\AdvTools\ADVCHK.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Winsock2 driver] WINCFG32.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Configuration Loader] rape.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [TASK MANAGER] taskmgr.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Configuration Loader] rape.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\MESSEN~1\ypager.exe -quiet O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [Winsock2 driver] WINCFG32.exe O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000 O9 - Extra button: Related (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM) O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab