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To: Elsewhere who wrote (37175)	10/2/2003 8:03:28 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

good find

To: Elsewhere who wrote (37175)	10/2/2003 12:25:16 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110655

NAV now protecting against Trojan.Qhosts* (the google redirect)...* "Trojan.Qhosts is a trojan that will modify the TCP/IP settings to point to a different DNS server. Trojan.Qhosts does not have the ability to spread. For a machine to become infected a user must open an html page that contains the means to open the viral html file on the target's machine such that the script is able to create and run the malicious executable. Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) October 02, 2003" [they state 10/2/03 but as of this moment those defs aren't released yet]* removal instructions can be found here, along with more tech details on this trojan... securityresponse.symantec.com