File System = FAT32 Recently i found that i could no longer use Microsoft Office. It said rundll32.exe was missing. On searching on the internet i found it was due to a virus/worm. Also i have noticed that my computer keeps trying to connect to the internet all the time. i am wondering if this is hacking activity? I have never bothered with security up to this point, but a friend of mine suggested i should get it, or people will be 'taking over my identity' on the internet, or something like this. I downloaded a free anti-virus program called avast. It found a virus in "services.exe". When i tried to remove the virus, i found it couldn't. It said something like the file was in use by the operating system, and access was denied. i then downloaded avast for dos, and rebooted using a windows 98 startup disk. I ran avast 7.0 for dos, but it didn't find any viruses. When i restarted the computer, it was still there. I feel i kind of need to stop "services.exe", but i am afraid to stop it, because it is a system proccess file, and stopping can make the system unstable - crash it. Is there a wonderful free dos disk or program that can remove these viruses from system files that are running? Does anyone have a McAfee boot disk that might remove them? email it to david.peacock@kcl.ac.uk

First off, services.exe is not a virus, it is a process for starting services when windows starts, and stops them when windows shuts down, and any inbetween. The Trojan you are reffereing to is W32.Randex.R Go to this link http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.r.html Scroll down to about 3/4 of the way through, or just read the entire article cause it has a lot of good information on it. You can be amused by the simplest of things. The smartest people in the world, over-look the smallest objects. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

david.peacock, once you have cleaned your machine, I recommend you get/install Zone Alarm. It's a free firewall that not only blocks attempts by outsiders to get into your machine, but also blocks attempts to 'call home' by blocking internet acess from your machine unless you O.K. it. Avast! is a goodie and the free price is hard to beat. HTH. Ed in Texas.