i already posted this but i wanna know if theres a sugestion or cure for this virus cause i dont wanna reformat if there is away to get rid of this plz i really need help alright the other day ago i got a virus i didnt do anything just got on ym cpu and then this message showed up from my norton antivirus virus alert high risk norton antivirus has detected a virus on your computer. object name C:\WINDOWS\system32\wininet.dll virus name bloddhound.W32.EP action taken unable to repair this file. an it keeps showin up even know i press ok i rebooted in safe mode an ran anitvirus an it detected it but it wouldnt fix it or delete it for some reason i donno its just gettin annoyin to see the message over an over i was gonna refrmat my computer but i am not really sure that will fix it? is there any other way i can fix this without messing up my computer in anyway? another thing has occured to and thats this the backround on my desktop changed too with a message saying security warning a fatel error in IE has occured at 0028:c0011E36 in VXD VMM<01> + 00010E36. error was caused by trojan-spy.HTML.smitfraud.c *system can not function in normal mode. please check you security settings. *scan your PC with any avaliable antivirus/spyware remover program to fix the problem. does this have anything to do with it and is there another way to fix it or do u have to fix it the same way thanks again

Norton removes this you must not be paying serious attention to possibilies or be updated. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/bloodhound.html

I have the same problem fixing a friend's computer. I've removed everything from registry, used Panda, Ewido, Cleanup,smitRem, HijackThis etc, and I am running the latest updates of Nav. Norton's will not quarantine it, rename it, copy it, delete it - full stop. In Explorer, I cannot manually remove the file, copy it, rename it - full stop. What else can I do? Thanx

I have the same issue. Norton Antivirus was totally up todate being on Liveupdate everyday but it cannot repair or quarantine the file. The Norton message that the computer is infected constantly appears, the desktop has been hijacked (including the desktop option in the control panel - only screensaver available), and it will not allow me to connect to the internet and so I cannot download any fixes (I am searching on the internet for help and sending this email from another computer). I have no idea what to do next.

I have the same problem, but was able to at least get to the internet. From a different computer I downloaded and purchased XoftSpy, installed it and removed ALL files it found. Once I did this I am able to connect to the internet. I then also downloaded and ran Hijackthis and removed all suspicious files (be careful what you remove, unlike XoftSpy or Ad-aware, you should NOT remove all items found). Additionally, Ad-aware has been downloaded, installed, updated and ran. The desktop is still hijacked: i.e., I cannot make any changes to the properties, and Symantec (also current with 7/20/05 updates) continues to find a virus in file intell.exe. I booted in safe mode, dos prompt only, removed the file. Booted up again and it IS back! But at least I have access to the internet.