It took me 2 hours to scan the virus last night for the same problem. Frustrated!!! No any virus at all!!! I tried the following steps to fix that annoyed problem: 1. rename the cmd.exe to any name you want (not delete); Because the system would automatically recover the cmd.exe right after your delete. 2. rename the xcopy.exe to cmd.exe. of couse you should use the copy the xcopy.exe file under the same folder. this step MUST be finished very quick, otherwise the system will recover the cmd.exe before you make this, which would lead to a error message. 3. redirect the short cut in the desktop which is originally pointed to the genuine cmd.exe to the renamed one. That is what i did yesterday. My system working well now. But still can't understand what is the real reason. Any one can explain would be greatful for us!!!!!

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I have followed your instructions up to point 2. At point 3 I do not understand exactly what to do: . I have no shortcut on my desktop originally pointed to the genuine cmd.exe 2. what is the renamed one? the dummy one I used initially in point 1 to rename cmd.exe? or the cmd.exe which was xcopy.exe renamed as cmd.exe in point 2? 3. I am stuck at point 3. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it Thank you for your help. Claude.

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I would say go with AngrieWoman's post and remove the virus. But if for some reason that's a problem for you, try writing a VBscript that checks for cmd.exe in your task manager, and automatically deletes it, say every 5 seconds or so. That should do it. You'd lose the ability to use cmd yourself, but some of you seem to not care at this point. Also, when reading AngrieWoman's link, I noticed how the worm gets in. Why don't you guys try putting a password on your systems? That'd probably help on those nasty virus'.

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This solved the problem for me: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.gaobot.aa.html

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Err... I'm not sure if my problem is the same as all of yours... Everytime I'm on my computer a DOS Prompt Window pops up and the title of the program is... Dun-dun-dun... cmd.exe... It wasn't that bad at first because I could just 'x' out of the program and it would be fine... But now I closes itself down and reopens constantly... Over and Over! Gah! Kill it! No virus programs can remove it either... Geesh... My lucky month... First I get the Blaster Virus and now this! Please... Someone help!

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