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Anybody know anything of this? I asked also in the XP forum. It breaks the links to your IP address and prohibits net access. It was v. difficult to find.
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Thank you for the good info,Bob. I'm reasonably sure this was a nasty, or had been procured. I never agreed to download it install it or otherwise, but found also this:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.egghead.html
Not exactly what I endured but very similar.
Some antivirus programs will call it an "Unwanted program" simply because it is designed to kill processes..It is a legitimate utility by Sysinternals that can be sent with improper programs such as viruses. Just because it was identified as a problem, doesn't mean it is.
Hope this helps and let us know more about your computer and your method of detection.
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