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Old 18th February 2006 | 07:30
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BOAC
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A timely warning, Keygrip, for MSN users! I see from my info that it also disables 'regedit' and 'hijackthis' which makes it even harder to 'kill'.

The only query I have is that it has been on my a/v protection system since August 2005 - you may wish to ask Norton why it was not picked up?

For info it works by installing a "%System%\<random folder name>\csrss.exe" file and edits the file "win.ini" to ensure this file is executed at each Windows start.

.......and it is assessed as 'low risk, medium pervasiveness'!!! You have to hope you don't see worse
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