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To: thecow who wrote (41365)	5/25/2004 4:21:43 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 110652

Virtumonde.C and other nasty variants .. Took me awhile .. but finally managed to rid myself of this 'critter' and related 'friends' I'm running Windows ME .. You may want to do a file search for .. dpusys.ini sysupd.exe _update.dat cidrules.dll bi.dll If you've got'em you don't want'em .. The main culprit is sysupd.exe which will plant itself in your StartupList .. RegistryEdit won't get rid of it either .. What worked for me was to boot in 'safe mode' ie .. start--run--msconfig--advanced-- Then use the registry editor at that point .. Also double check using the file search function under MS-DOS to find and delete these files .. Then re-set your computer for a regular re-boot before you do so .. PestPatrol search function is very useful with their suggested 'fixes' .. Just enter any suspect 'file name' in the search function and follow the advice .. Triffin ..