virus in explore.exe

[fred hoffman]

I received notices from Norton Antivirus 2002 that
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\EXPLORE.EXE
is infected by the w32.Spybot.worm virus, that it was
unable to repair the file, and that access to the file
was denied. The Norton website provides a procedure for
removing the virus, but it involves deleting the infected
file. I have been unable to view the file or
the "Documents" folder in Windows explorer, so I am
stymied in removing the virus. Moreover, after receiving
the warning notices I ran a comprehensive scan of all
files which found no infected files. I have set folder
options to display system files and hidden files and
directories. Is there some way to display the
explorer.exe file? Any other suggestions for dealing
with the problem?

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Seeing as how that file is not on my computer, and my computer is running
just fine, I believe that the file, explore.exe, IS, IN FACT, the virus!

"fred hoffman" > wrote in message
...
> I received notices from Norton Antivirus 2002 that
> C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\EXPLORE.EXE
> is infected by the w32.Spybot.worm virus, that it was
> unable to repair the file, and that access to the file
> was denied. The Norton website provides a procedure for
> removing the virus, but it involves deleting the infected
> file. I have been unable to view the file or
> the "Documents" folder in Windows explorer, so I am
> stymied in removing the virus. Moreover, after receiving
> the warning notices I ran a comprehensive scan of all
> files which found no infected files. I have set folder
> options to display system files and hidden files and
> directories. Is there some way to display the
> explorer.exe file? Any other suggestions for dealing
> with the problem?