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notepad.exe a trojan?

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Name: jix
Date: September 1, 2002 at 12:22:07 Pacific
Subject: notepad.exe a trojan?
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hello guyz. i really need to know what this is. i found several files and their program description is notepad.exe. i look it up and it was said that there's a trojan with a variant name "notepad.exe". i haven't remove it yet coz i'm worried that some might be system files and i don't know what to do if i accidently remove it. help me guyz. here are the filenames= ivffile, batfile, channelfile, cmdfile, jsefile, jsfile, regfile, bvefile, bvsfile, vsconfigfile, whsfile, wsffile, dqyfile, dqyfile again, iqyfile, oqryfile,rqyfile,txtfile, zapfile, inifile, iniffile. those were the files. what shall i do?


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Response Number 1
Name: EC
Date: September 1, 2002 at 17:48:45 Pacific
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Have you checked Norton (www.symantec.com)?


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Response Number 2
Name: Jaz
Date: September 1, 2002 at 23:54:09 Pacific
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"i found several files and their program description is notepad.exe."

Where are these files and what operating system do you have? Did you find them in the registry? Don't start deleting anything from the registry just because you don't recognize it unless you want to muck up your system. Notepad.exe is a Microsoft program found in your Windows folder.

If you think you might have a virus then run a scan here to check:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/



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Response Number 3
Name: Maybe!
Date: September 3, 2002 at 09:57:18 Pacific
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Here is a site where you can check manually if you have Notepad.exe virus!. As advised thought, dont delete anything in Regedit unless you know what your doing!

But you can look if you have such an entry in Registry anyway!

http://www.pchell.com/virus/qaz.shtml

Good luck


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Response Number 4
Name: Norm
Date: September 4, 2002 at 11:54:27 Pacific
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Did you run a virus scan yet, virus is over
two years old.

removal tool here >

http://www.bitdefender.com/download/download.php?file=AntiQaz.reg


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