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BUMPFF

27th January 2004 22:26

An unwelcome visitor

Whilst looking through the Rumours and News forum this morning my Norton anti-virus utility detected something calling itself vxd32v.exe. It refused to be deleted or quarantined and the PC froze. After a dozen frustrating re-boots it was picked up by the DoS system and I was able to (I think, touch wood) delete the monster.

Can anyone throw any light on vxd32v.exe?

Thanks.

BUMPFF

27th January 2004 22:41

Thanks MJ. What is Keylogging?

Naples Air Center, Inc.

27th January 2004 23:53

BUMPFF,

Keylogging means the virus logs all your keystrokes and then sends them off, so they can be sorted though to find:

Usernames
Passwords
Bank Accounts
Personal Information
etc.

You want to get rid of that nasty virus ASAP.

Take Care,

Richard

ojs	29th January 2004 06:06

BUMPFF, you may find this utility useful:

http://www.styopkin.com/keylogger_hunter.html

(Can't give any guarantee whether it works well or not, but could be a good place to start)...

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