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Beeping Virus, Windows XP
Name: eeckley Date: January 2, 2007 at 21:05:24 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: unsure Product: Compaq
Comment:
Hi, I have been having problems with a computer virus, and I was hoping that someone could help me identify the virus and remove it.
Symptom: modem beeps while simultaneously causing the my computer search screen to come up. Every time the modem beeps, it will cause dozens of these windows to open up. This doesn't happen constantly, it comes and goes. The virus is not identified in virus searches, and is not removed with system restore.
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