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Is this a virus/trojan?
Name: djwolf Date: November 1, 2003 at 07:51:20 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 512mb
Comment:
I was on the net earlier and I had some pop-up windows come up, after closing them through 'end task' I noticed a file called msrexe.exe had been created on my system and it seemed to be trying to connect to a network, I think it could be a virus but my AV programme hasn't picked it up. What is the safest way of removing this file from my system? Thanks.
Name: djwolf Date: November 1, 2003 at 08:15:41 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, that tells me how to edit the registry but I'm still not sure whether I should actually delete the msrexe.exe file itself.
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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf Date: November 1, 2003 at 08:32:02 Pacific
Reply:
djwolf, The link below has more info and states to delete that file. I have Windows XP SP1 & IE 6 SP1 and that file doesn't exist on my system. The file was created by the Trojan and you may have to "End Process" in Task Manager (Alt/Ctrl/Del) prior to deleting it.
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