Being hit from all four sides...

[Jim May]

I've recently been clobbered (from all four sides) by "something"...
I've bought and installed TrendMicro Pinicillian (Sp?) and run it
frequently;
Also SpyBot Ver 1.3;
My PC is just d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g v-e-r-y s-l-o-w---
Did start, run msconfig
In my StartUp tab I notice a bunch of files (about 30+)
samples,,, (ALL CHECKED - but not by me!!)
MFCVG.EXE
MFCIW.EXE
D3IG.EXE
MSXX.EXE
D3YK32.EXE
NTSX.EXE
.......
on and on

Can anyone lead me into a meaningful exercise that will
get me back up to the spedd limit?

Thanks in advance...

[Ron Badour]

I don't believe those are legitimate files. While a Google search reveals
nothing specific about them, when they are mentioned, it is by people having
problems with spyware. Google is your friend--use it when you have
questions.

I suggest you get the scanning programs below and for AdAware and Spybot,
make sure you update the definitions (signatures) before running the scans.

AdAware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html (download
link near the bottom)

You could also try some on-line scans to check for virus:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://security.norton.com/default.asp?langid=us&venid=sym
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
http://www.dials.ru/english/www_av/
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Jim May" > wrote in message
news:2MrMc.7585$BX.2162@lakeread08...
> I've recently been clobbered (from all four sides) by "something"...
> I've bought and installed TrendMicro Pinicillian (Sp?) and run it
> frequently;
> Also SpyBot Ver 1.3;
> My PC is just d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g v-e-r-y s-l-o-w---
> Did start, run msconfig
> In my StartUp tab I notice a bunch of files (about 30+)
> samples,,, (ALL CHECKED - but not by me!!)
> MFCVG.EXE
> MFCIW.EXE
> D3IG.EXE
> MSXX.EXE
> D3YK32.EXE
> NTSX.EXE
> ......
> on and on
>
> Can anyone lead me into a meaningful exercise that will
> get me back up to the spedd limit?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
>

[Brian A.]

Try running an online scanner or better yet the free F-Prot for DOS =
along with the latest definitions obtained from the same page.
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/

Online virus scanners:

http://security.norton.com/default.asp?langid=3Dus&venid=3Dsym
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://www.pandasoftware.es/activescan/activescan-com.asp
http://www.dials.ru/english/www_av/
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

=20

--=20
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"Jim May" > wrote in message =
news:2MrMc.7585$BX.2162@lakeread08...
> I've recently been clobbered (from all four sides) by "something"...
> I've bought and installed TrendMicro Pinicillian (Sp?) and run it
> frequently;
> Also SpyBot Ver 1.3;
> My PC is just d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g v-e-r-y s-l-o-w---
> Did start, run msconfig
> In my StartUp tab I notice a bunch of files (about 30+)
> samples,,, (ALL CHECKED - but not by me!!)
> MFCVG.EXE
> MFCIW.EXE
> D3IG.EXE
> MSXX.EXE
> D3YK32.EXE
> NTSX.EXE
> ......
> on and on
>=20
> Can anyone lead me into a meaningful exercise that will
> get me back up to the spedd limit?
>=20
> Thanks in advance...
>=20
>