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18-Jan-2008, 11:53 PM #1
Is this a virus? Or what! HELP!
Well, is this a virus? (in Windows task Manager, a thing comes up, called "Recycled" then after that a thing called "msvci"
comes up.

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19-Jan-2008, 05:40 PM #2
Looks suspicious..

I've had a few things like that..better wait a bit for a techie to arrive,shouldnt be long
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19-Jan-2008, 06:20 PM #3
HI, The process msvci is normally legit, but anything can be infected


I advise you to use one of the online scanners:

Housecall online scan:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...security_tools


Or this one:

HERE to run Panda's ActiveScan
  • Once you are on the Panda site click the Scan your PC button
  • A new window will open...click the Check Now button
  • Enter your Country
  • Enter your State/Province
  • Enter your e-mail address and click send
  • Select either Home User or Company
  • Click the big Scan Now button
  • If it wants to install an ActiveX component allow it
  • It will start downloading the files it requires for the scan (Note: It may take a couple of minutes)
  • When download is complete, click on My Computer to start the scan
  • When the scan completes, if anything malicious is detected, click the See Report button, then Save Report and save it to a convenient location. Post the contents of the ActiveScan report


Or:

Kaspersky online full scan
  • Please go HERE and click Free Online Scanner
  • Read and Accept the Agreement
  • You will be promted to install an ActiveX component from Kaspersky, Click Yes.
  • If you see a Windows dialog asking if you want to install this software, click the Install button.
  • The program will launch and then begin downloading the latest definition files,
  • When the "Update progress" line changes to "Ready" and the "NEXT ->" button becomes available, please click on it.
  • Click on the Scan Settings button, and in the next window select the Extended database, and click Ok.
  • Under "Please select a target to scan:", click My Computer to start the scan.
  • When the scan is finished, click the "Save as Text" button, and save the file as kavscan.txt to your Desktop, close the Kaspersky On-line Scanner window.
  • Copy and Paste the contents of the on line scanner results into a Reply here in your thread, along with a new HJT log and log from any other scans you run.



If anything is found infected, you should copy and paste the results, or attach the results log, so we can look it over.
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