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mueexe.exe, missing file? & Reinstalling Windows 98

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Name: Eddie
Date: January 28, 2000 at 12:24:48 Pacific
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Hi,
When I try to run any application, like a game or a program, it says that it can't find mueexe.exe file, and asks to locate this file manually. I don't have it in my computer or on my Windows 98 CD-ROM. I'm asking you for help, just look for this file on your computer. If you have it, please send it to me.
If you think it's a virus, answer my second question, which is how to reinstall Windows 98? When I put the Win98 CD in, it autoruns, but the options don't work because of the missing mueexe.exe file.
PLEASE, HELP ME.
Thanx



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Response Number 1
Name: Al
Date: January 28, 2000 at 14:29:17 Pacific
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Yes, it is a virus, and must be removed before you do anything else. Reinstalling windows will not get rid of a virus.
Al



Response Number 2
Name: R
Date: January 29, 2000 at 07:50:33 Pacific
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I'm having the same problem but with a program called windos.exe. It has found its way into a replacement for the explorer.exe shell. I have deleted the windos.exe file and another related file msrexe.exe....now the real problem--> I can't run any file with an .exe extension. I have tried to edit the registry from DOS but with limited success so far. Is there any help other than totally reinstalling windows?



Response Number 3
Name: Eder Rodrigues dos Santos
Date: March 11, 2000 at 19:41:44 Pacific
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Has You mueexe.exe?
please send me



Response Number 4
Name: Maeder Florian
Date: March 14, 2000 at 08:35:19 Pacific
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I had the Backdoor virus SubForSeven alias BackDoor-G. My Anti-Virus programm reset the file mueexe.exe . If someone can send me this file please do it !!!



Response Number 5
Name: matt
Date: March 16, 2000 at 14:37:06 Pacific
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go to http://vil.nai.com/vil/RAT10566.asp and read how to remove the virus caused by msrexe.exe



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Response Number 6
Name: scavenger
Date: March 18, 2000 at 17:21:58 Pacific
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me too! i need mueexe.exe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Response Number 7
Name: nathan anderson
Date: March 26, 2000 at 22:52:25 Pacific
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i need muexex.exe too



Response Number 8
Name: nathan anderson
Date: March 26, 2000 at 22:52:58 Pacific
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i need mueexe.exe too



Response Number 9
Name: Andrew Murray
Date: March 28, 2000 at 12:16:28 Pacific
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Thanks alot Matt (response #5) It really works great, make sure athat you follow all of the steps very carefully.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/RAT10566.asp

That is a great help for anyone with the Backdoor problem. Cy'all



Response Number 10
Name: chris
Date: March 28, 2000 at 20:17:34 Pacific
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i had the backdoor virus too, and i deleted the mueexe file because norton said it was the infected file. well now i cant run anything hardly, not even regedit, which is required in order to properly remove this virus according to the web page listed in the above entries. if anyone has any ideas or knows where i can get the mueexe program pls let me know via email or on here. thanks. chris.



Response Number 11
Name: Julius
Date: March 29, 2000 at 15:15:38 Pacific
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I can't believe so many ppl have the same problem as I.



Response Number 12
Name: Stefan Pfister
Date: April 5, 2000 at 06:02:39 Pacific
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Please send me the mueexe.exe. I need it, because my pc is hardly daed. Thanks a lot!!



Response Number 13
Name: Tim Smith
Date: April 6, 2000 at 19:04:38 Pacific
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Hey all! Some idiot friend of mine gave me SubSeven (a trojan) and it infected mueexe.exe also, and I have norton virus scan, and i accidently selected to delete the file. I know i probably still have the virus somewhere, but could someone still PLEASE send me the file? Thanks!
-Tim Smith kraal_171@hotmail.com



Response Number 14
Name: Todd
Date: April 7, 2000 at 11:38:24 Pacific
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HELP! I have accidently deleted mueexe.exe file also if anyone gets a hold of this please send me it. nobody seems to have this driver anywhere's on the net.



Response Number 15
Name: mishuah
Date: April 8, 2000 at 09:42:44 Pacific
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I need mueexe.exe. dont give me instructions on how to remove the stupid virus..... all I want is the file..... please give me the file.



Response Number 16
Name: Justin
Date: April 9, 2000 at 09:32:38 Pacific
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I have the same problem, I got the Backdoor.G virus. I found the MSREXE file that someone mentioned earlier, do I delete that? MSREXE is in the WINDOWS folder. I need mueexe too!

Thanks



Response Number 17
Name: chuck
Date: April 9, 2000 at 12:26:03 Pacific
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I had the backdoor.subseven virus and it came up on Norton Antivirus 2000 and I thought "i probably didnt need that file" and of course I deleted it. I can still start up windows and my dial ups work and Internet Explorer, but everything else needs mueexe.exe . It would be a great help if you or someone could contact me and tell me where I can download this file.



Response Number 18
Name: Ian
Date: April 10, 2000 at 12:35:50 Pacific
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BAH same here
i cant get the ms-dos script to work it says
was not a registry script can only import registry scripts PLEASE help i will much apprechate it



Response Number 19
Name: Denis
Date: April 11, 2000 at 09:49:35 Pacific
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if I format my hard disc will it delete that virus and arrange all the things?



Response Number 20
Name: Rajaee Almofti
Date: April 18, 2000 at 18:11:26 Pacific
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please help me downloading the program mueexe.exe

my coputer is not working without donloading this program ,, please i need it asap!thanks



Response Number 21
Name: joe
Date: April 19, 2000 at 17:21:07 Pacific
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all you people have to do is go to find files and type msdos edit and then click on it and then matts response number "5" and remove the virus using msdos edit. Its really easy if you dont know what to do email me or something cause it really sucks not having that virus in the computer.



Response Number 22
Name: MAgMA
Date: April 19, 2000 at 18:50:54 Pacific
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HAHAHA!! All you fools..

Its a trojan used by:
BackDoor-G2, BackDoor-G2.gen, BackDoor-G2.svr.20, SubSeven v2.0, SubSeven v2.1, SubSeven v2.1 Gold

All these are progs. which can connect to your computer and mess with it.. did you recieve a file that did nothing but load dos, or play dirty screensavers, how about shut down your computer for no reason??

You need to delete this file AND go read info on how to delete the settings for the trojan horse!!

Remember MAgMA owns you all..
Don't reinstall windows.. everything, EVERTHING software related CAN be fixed!!

Peace
MAgMA



Response Number 23
Name: sotirid
Date: April 25, 2000 at 12:42:41 Pacific
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i have the sane problem can utell me the solution if i have thanks u



Response Number 24
Name: dominic
Date: April 28, 2000 at 06:14:55 Pacific
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I'm missing mueexe.exe, right now my hard drive is barely alive. If you have this thing please mail it to me thanx!!!
dom489@hotmail.com



Response Number 25
Name: chris
Date: August 1, 2000 at 22:46:59 Pacific
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Reply:

i need mueexe.exe too! plese send me this file.......



Response Number 26
Name: leandro
Date: August 13, 2000 at 20:06:24 Pacific
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q droga, ateh aki no brasil esse virus fez estrago .. i need mueexe.exe too .. i can't believe .. virus %$^%$*%



Response Number 27
Name: majid
Date: August 24, 2000 at 14:37:07 Pacific
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i need mueexe.exe . i hope any body send it to me and i will thank him



Response Number 28
Name: InfoTech
Date: August 29, 2000 at 12:55:23 Pacific
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you do not need muuexe.exe unless you want to be reinfected. What you need to do:

Run regedit. If you cannot, open a DOS prompt, and at c:\windows type REN REGEDIT.exe REGEDIT.COM then go back to windows and double-click regedit.com


The rest of this is from Network Associates' web site:

4) Remove references to the trojan from these keys of the registry

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\exefile\
shell\open\command

They should contain only the value not including brackets ["%1" %*].

5) If applicable, remove any keys that run the main trojan under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\RunServices\

And

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\

6) If applicable, delete the registry key if it exists

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dl

and exit Regedit

7) If applicable, edit WIN.INI and remove the reference to the trojan from the run= line in the [windows] section.

8) If applicable, edit SYSTEM.INI and remove the reference to the trojan from the shell= line in the [boot] section. It should just contain the file EXPLORER.exe.

9) Restart the system.



Response Number 29
Name: raul gzz
Date: September 21, 2000 at 13:19:49 Pacific
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i need mueexe.exe please send me



Response Number 30
Name: tri do
Date: October 24, 2000 at 17:14:51 Pacific
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holy.... i thought iwas dah only obne



Response Number 31
Name: rodolfo d'alessandro
Date: November 1, 2000 at 11:25:58 Pacific
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please help me!!!I accidently delete MUEEXE.exe and I need this file because the other applications don't start without.please send me



Response Number 32
Name: OS_K
Date: November 12, 2000 at 17:39:19 Pacific
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THE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM IS SIMPLE... AS YOU MAY'VE READ IT'S A FILE USED BY A TROJAN...ALSO YOU MAY KNOW THAT MANY ANTIVIRUS DETECT IT, AND CAN ALOS DELETE IT BUT THE PROBLEM, WITH THAT FILE, IS THAT AS PART OF IT'S MECHANISM IT MAKES THE FILE MUEEXE.exe (THE ON YOU'VE RECENTLY DELETED WITH THE ANTIVIRUS, CUZ IF NOT, YOU WOULD NOT BE HAVING THE PROBLEM) THE DEFAULT APLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE .exe & .DLL EXTENISION. THEREFORE, IT'S REQUESTED BY THE SYSTEM EVERY DAMN TIME YOU WANT TO RUN A PROGRAM.

WELL, THE SOLUTION....

IF YOU KNOW HOW, GET IN A DOS BOX...
AND TYPE THIS

copy c:\windows\regedit.exe c:\windows\regedit.com
(THIS WILL MAKE A COPY OF THE REGISTRY EDITOR TO A.COM executable ALLOWING YOU TO RUN THE PROGRAM, CUZ IT WILL NOT BE HAVING THE CONFLICTIVE .exe EXTENSION.. )
THEN, TYPE

regedit.com

THE REGSITRY EDITOR WILL BE OPENED..
In that window, click on
EDIT|Search
and the type this to be seeked..

mueexe.exe

once, it's find, delete the entries. (for those who are not familiarized with the term, I mean text line on the right Panel that contains tha name of the exe file that you already know and hate...
It's somehting like

(Predeterminate} "C:\WINDOWS\MUEEXE.exe"

or

(Default) "C:\WINDOWS\MUEEXE"

(Sorry but My Windows is in Spanish, so I don't remember which one (PREDETERMINATE, or DEFAULT , do Microsoft guys, used). I 'm pretty sure the correct one is "Default", but don't worry about that, cuz you'll find it anyway,... Also notice, that the DIRECTORY, i.e. C:\WINDOWS\ may vary form one machine to another. The important thing is to delete any line that contains the mueexe.exe text.
To delete it, click (just once) on the word between brackets, then RIGHT click on it and choose delete, and then select ok...

Keep tracking (and deleting) till no more matches are found...

To those who know a bit about re registry, the major damage (well, troubles) is done by the line that contains what i've already said, in the "exefile" and "dllfile" keys inside HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
To those, who don't, and want to know that the heck i'm talkin'about, once you've found the line with the text "mueexe" in it, look at the bar below and you'll see
something like
My PC\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile

and for the other I've mentioned (i.e. for .dll files)
My Pc\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile...


FEEL SECURE TO DO THIS, YOU WANT AFFECT ANYTHING BUT THE MODIFICATIONS, THE VIRUS HAD DONE..
THAT'S ALL... if ANY QUESTION, JUST MAIL me....


Doing this will unlink the file to the .exe extensions



Response Number 33
Name: jawaher
Date: November 13, 2000 at 13:00:59 Pacific
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ME TOO I MISS IT , SOME ONE SEND IT TO ME PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ



Response Number 34
Name: Caio Albert
Date: December 14, 2000 at 18:38:48 Pacific
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Reply:

please help me downloading the program mueexe.exe
my coputer is not working without donloading this program ,, please i need it asap!thanks



Response Number 35
Name: Tony
Date: January 11, 2001 at 10:29:15 Pacific
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Reply:

These files are related with a password stealing program installed on your machine.
If you still need assistance on how to solve this problem then email me, I will send you a small program that will remove the errors and restore connection back to normal without reinstalling the operating system.



Response Number 36
Name: michaelX
Date: January 14, 2001 at 04:07:08 Pacific
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mueexe.ex **IS THE VIRUS ITSELF!**

Don't you get that? It DOES NOT belong onto your computer!

GET ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE AND READ THE ABOVE ARTICLES!



Response Number 37
Name: Jason
Date: March 15, 2001 at 20:54:44 Pacific
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Reply:

I also need the mueexe.exe file. Please send me it.



Response Number 38
Name: Martin Janssen
Date: March 24, 2001 at 04:05:00 Pacific
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Reply:

Hello people,

I have the same problem.

PLEASE sent me the file: mueexe.exe
PLEASE

irgendjemand2001@yahoo.de



Response Number 39
Name: bahareh
Date: March 25, 2001 at 07:00:52 Pacific
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Reply:

please send me mueexe.exe ireally need it



Response Number 40
Name: jennie
Date: May 10, 2001 at 10:49:06 Pacific
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Followed the instructions in ::response 28:: and everything is once again kosher. thanks so much for this help.



Response Number 41
Name: Jeroen
Date: May 11, 2001 at 12:12:06 Pacific
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s--- I wanna kill that god damn maker of that f---ing virus i have it 2 !! and it realy sucks!! PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM!!!



Response Number 42
Name: Snarfed
Date: May 19, 2001 at 23:13:20 Pacific
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thank you OS_K(response 32) for giving me that useful information, since I am an idiot



Response Number 43
Name: zaz
Date: July 26, 2001 at 06:17:20 Pacific
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Reply:

ineed mueexe.exe



Response Number 44
Name: Teena
Date: August 18, 2001 at 20:36:35 Pacific
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i'm also missing mueexe.exe file. if someone have the program, plz send it to me asap, thnx a lotz.



Response Number 45
Name: mads
Date: August 28, 2001 at 16:38:40 Pacific
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Reply:

go to this URL and download the zip file
it works,and it is easy:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rmbox/Reticulated/Rx-Pack.zip



Response Number 46
Name: Brian Korito
Date: September 2, 2001 at 12:49:03 Pacific
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Reply:

Hey, the same thing Just happened to me. I Dont have the mueexe file anymore. Can someone please send it to me.



Response Number 47
Name: Jon
Date: September 3, 2001 at 00:56:12 Pacific
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Reply:

Thank you Infotech and Mads!! I had the annoying virus also, but following your simple steps fixed things up in no time. Thanks for your help and clear instructions. It is very appreciated. 8)



Response Number 48
Name: Steven Kish
Date: September 12, 2001 at 07:36:32 Pacific
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I would jut like to thank Response number 28 and 32. You both helped me in solving the mueexe.exe problem. Now I know how to fix it if it happens again. Again, thank you very much. -Steve



Response Number 49
Name: kristopher
Date: September 23, 2001 at 17:19:48 Pacific
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I am an anti-virus technicain.

This is a backdoor virus, it gives hackers remote access to your computer. Go to McAfee.com, they have removal instructions. Deleting the files will not get rid of the full virus. There is a string in the registry that must be edited, but this virus can stop you from getting into your registry. Try renaming the registry to regedit.bat, then go into the registry. If that does not work, then you must use the undo.reg file listed on the removal instructions. I would advise you to get a firewall. The hacker that put this on your machine knows your IP address and might try to hack you again. If you have any other questions, let me know.



Response Number 50
Name: kristopher
Date: September 23, 2001 at 18:01:31 Pacific
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Do a search for backdoor on the Virus Information library, it is in the anti-virus link. Then look for backdoorg2, if you have this virus the hacker knows EVERYTHING. It uses a sub7 interface for the hacker, which is a great hacker tool. To prevent further infections keep you anti-virus software updated, and GET A FIREWALL!!!



Response Number 51
Name: aa
Date: September 25, 2001 at 02:53:40 Pacific
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follow these instructions

http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=10566



Response Number 52
Name: WeldFl00s
Date: September 28, 2001 at 15:42:45 Pacific
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I need mueexe.exe. dont give me instructions on how to remove the stupid virus..... all I want is the file..... please give me the file.
Thanks ..



Response Number 53
Name: Erik
Date: October 11, 2001 at 05:23:54 Pacific
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I too have deleted the mueexe.exe, i would really appreciate it if asomeone could send it to me....please help!!!



Response Number 54
Name: shashwot
Date: November 22, 2001 at 08:35:43 Pacific
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i accidently deleted mueexe.exe,and i dont know what to do! what can i do for regaining it?plz do help. if u have plz send me



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