>Hi All,
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>My home pc (Gateway Win98 2nd OS) has been hit by the w32.hllw.acebo.
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>I've researched this virus and followed the steps to cure my pc but it seems to have corrupted an OS file, (mprexe.exe).
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>I copied this file from another pc, same OS, but it still will not boot normally.
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>I can boot to safe mode, which is how I ran Norton and found the virus file mscf.exe and deleted it. Unfortunately this appears to have too late to keep it from screwing my pc up royally.
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>Anyone have any ideas where to go now. I really didn't want to reinstall the OS but it's starting to look like that's the last option.
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>TIA
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>Jim Harvey
Jim, I really think this question is for other forums. Or even better, see what companies like Symantec and McAfee have to say about it. Try this one:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.acebo.html
Groet,
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