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Xabot virus/trojan

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Name: ERIC KRUSE
Date: August 5, 2004 at 20:16:16 Pacific
Subject: Xabot virus/trojan
OS: XP Pro SP 1
CPU/Ram: AMD/256
Comment:

when i run spybot it finds "Xabot virus/trojan".i also run norton 2004 it does not find this virus.my definitions are up to date.
HELP.HOW DO I REMOVE THIS VIRUS/TROJAN


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Name: 808
Date: August 6, 2004 at 01:45:39 Pacific
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From Symantec at;
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.xabot.worm.html

Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
Reverse the changes that the worm made to the registry and restart the computer.
Update the virus definitions.
Run a full system scan and delete all the files detected as W32.Xabot.Worm.

808


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