I've been having some trouble for a long time with some sort of virus that I can't seem to get rid of. I've scanned with Norton, and downloaded all sorts of other programs, but to no avail. Basically, the symptoms are that CPU usage is usually at 100%, and I can't get into task manager, or regedit. I also get lots of errors in IE, but I think thats unrelated, and has some what subsided since I updated to IE6.
When I try to go into task manager (Windows 2000 by the way), Task Manager pops up, and then disappears after about 1 or 2 seconds. Same deal with regedit. This thing is smart, it knows what can be used to clear it out. I installed some third party antivirus software, can't remember what, and it showed all of the processes that I had running, and all of them that were loaded on startup. I identified two suspicious processes; but crap, I can't remember there names exactly. I know for sure that one was "filename.exe," and I know that the other one was either "operation1337.exe" or "operationl337.exe" or under the description, it said Operation 1337. Definitely suspicious, and not something of mine. The third party software expired because I reset my cmos, which reset my system clock, and yeah, its 2001 now.
I deleted those two files several times, but they kept coming back, I also disabled them from coming up at startup, but they still started up. I thought I got rid of them for sure, and I was able to get into task manager for a little while. Now its back again, and I'm having the same problem, but my system doesn't seem as sluggish.
I don't really feel like reformatting, but I'll probably end up having to. Any ideas, or program recommendations?
-CPFitz-
When I try to go into task manager (Windows 2000 by the way), Task Manager pops up, and then disappears after about 1 or 2 seconds. Same deal with regedit. This thing is smart, it knows what can be used to clear it out. I installed some third party antivirus software, can't remember what, and it showed all of the processes that I had running, and all of them that were loaded on startup. I identified two suspicious processes; but crap, I can't remember there names exactly. I know for sure that one was "filename.exe," and I know that the other one was either "operation1337.exe" or "operationl337.exe" or under the description, it said Operation 1337. Definitely suspicious, and not something of mine. The third party software expired because I reset my cmos, which reset my system clock, and yeah, its 2001 now.
I deleted those two files several times, but they kept coming back, I also disabled them from coming up at startup, but they still started up. I thought I got rid of them for sure, and I was able to get into task manager for a little while. Now its back again, and I'm having the same problem, but my system doesn't seem as sluggish.
I don't really feel like reformatting, but I'll probably end up having to. Any ideas, or program recommendations?
-CPFitz-