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Virus AIM alert, please help!!

by mpowellfbc May 25, 2007 10:58AM PDT

ok, my virus alert came on tellin gme i have two viruses that are called: bootloader.exe and three(2).exe, says they are trojans and that they have been deleted, also it says the host is aim, which i deleted, but now when i rebooted it take s forever to boot up because my virus scan keeps finding these two trojans everytime i boot up, any hlep??? please

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by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator May 25, 2007 12:12PM PDT

Which operating system? Which antivirus program are you using? What is the name of the virus/worm/trojan in each of the files detected? Have you run a full system scan while in Safe Mode? If not, please do.

The are a few different viruses that use the "bootloader.exe" file. Once such is at the link below:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-020518-0826-99&tabid=2

Have you used a trojan/spyware detector on the computer? If not, then please download, install, update, then restart in Safe Mode and run a full system scan using the free program at the link below:

AVG Antispyware 7.5 Tool

Hope this helps and let us know more.

Grif

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