The following appeared in today's Spyware Weekly Newsletter. __________________________ If you have ever downloaded HijackThis or CWShredder, it is urgent that you upgrade to the latest versions before using them again. If you mirror these programs on your own site, it is extremely urgent that you update the files. Due to a new variant of the CWS Trojan, using either HijackThis or CWShredder on an infected Win98 or WinME computer may lead to severe damage to that computer. You must update to the very newest versions of these programs before using either of them again. I don't know what the details of the problem are. I haven't been following the latest postings at the message board. The problem is serious enough that people have had to reinstall Windows on their computers. To upgrade these programs, you merely delete the old files and replace them with the new. The links are below. Links: HijackThis CWShredder

Folks please make sure before you attempt to assist someone with HIjackThis or inform them to run CWShredder that they have the latest version. If you are not sure they do, DO NOT ASSIST these people. Granted Computing.Net is not liable for the advice we give but we are known for giving quality advice and not causing further problems. KTTD

Link to a download site as well, I check the revision date fairly frequently as this little bugger spawns variants as fast as the creeps can think of them. hth shep