I recently went on mIRC as usual and many ppl send me messages that I had a virus. I went on symantec.com the internet search engine and it found a virus(IRC.Mimic) The infected file is: C:\windows\inf\internet\d3dxfo.exe When I delete the file it comes back on its on. Please help me Thanks in advance

hello, you have to remember that when you got a virus you are not safe only because you destroy the file corrupted. Virus has many ways to spread in a computer, the most current one is to use a part of your hard drive called " FATS " which is a zone unreadable for you where your computer takes all informations needed to open correctly. Of course if a virus is there it will open too and will corrupt the memory to act again and again, you need to have a program to clean your memory and the " FATS" , I always say you need to buy a program anti-virus otherwise you will take most of your time to rebuilt your computer destroyed... Norton and MCaffe are the most well known in the market, I will choose Norton personnaly, for Trojan's virus I took TrojanRemover, excellent program shareware, TrojanRemover is found on the net at the address http://www.simplysup.com Better to protect yourself when using the net than endure a contamination

Ok tnx a lot for your help I managed to clean it. BTW I have norton antivirus 2002, with latest virus definitions but it never found the virus. I had to go on the online virus search on symantec.com and it found it there... tnx again

Did you scan from safe boot?

Your better off not scanning from Windows at all. Always scan using your emergency boot disks that you made. You DID make them right :) Seriously, many viruses cannot be detected or removed from a Windws session of any kind, including "safe mode". Once Windows loads it's too late. The best bet is always from DOS mode. Jimi_l