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JayDee
December 20th 03, 11:40 PM
I have 0ne of these worms that has created a "language
bar" with icons (microphone;help file;notepad...)in the
system tray. I've run the worm remove tools from Norton
Anti-Virus. No dice; still there. I've never clicked on
these at anytime. In fact I found a txt file in My Docs'
and Set'gs fldr named "INSTALL.LOG" that mocks "could not
find mmtray so can't kill it!"
I also noticed new subfldrs in windows\progams fldr that
i believe this worm is somehow creating. I've quarantined
all the files and deleted empty subfldrs but the continue
to reappear.
I think the worm is in the register. Does anyone also
have this problem?
I was thinking of reinstalling WinXP: but I don't no if
the register would be reinstalled along with the OS.
Can anyone answer this question?
I'd be interested in dicussing this with someone that has
this problem or a similar one.

Jay

Shain Wray [MSFT]
December 21st 03, 10:27 AM
Hello Jay,

Just to make sure this is not the Language bar that is in Windows XP, right
click on the Taskbar, choose Toolbars and make sure that Language Bar is
not chosen.

Otherwise, it does look like you may have some spyware on your system.

Best regards,
--
Shain Wray
Microsoft PSS Security Team

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