I used to have Norton, then bought McAfee (probably was on sale or something). Honestly, I thought they all provide pretty much equal protection. I guess I was wrong. I will now switch to Norton.
Again, thank you for your help.

>You're welcome. I'm glad you got through it without formatting your hard drive. Not sure why McAfee didn't keep itself updated and you protected, but you might want to consider switching to Norton. I buy Norton System Works each year. It includes it and there is always a time when it's on sale at Best Buy or Amazon with rebates. If you're upgrading, even more rebates. I think the final cost this year when I bought it at Best Buy was $20 or less. One year I got it at Amazon and after rebates I made a $10 profit.
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>>Thank you again for your helpful link. I removed the registry keys and it seemed to have stopped this trojan.
>>
>>>I like Norton and thought they might have a tool. I searched Symantec's site for "BackDoor-AXJ". I didn't get a tool, but I got this link.
>>>
>>>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.berbew.html
>>>
>>>For Norton you have to update the virus signitures in safe mode (They tell you how)
>>>And, you have to delete a registry key too - and they show you how.
>>>
>>>Most the time, once the damage is done, you have to do some things manually.
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have been hit by this virus today. I have up-to-date McAfee Anti-Virus program but it does not seem to be able to get rid of it.
>>>>
>>>>I get the following windows/messages from McAfee:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>Detected file name:
>>>>C:\Docume....\Name\Local...\Temp\"some random file name".htm
>>>>Virus name: BackDoor-AXJ.htm.
>>>>
>>>>The detected file cannot be cleaned.
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>When I choose to Quarantine the file I get message that the file cannot be moved. The .htm files seem to be of random names. And when I go to the \TEMP folder I can't find these files (I tried hidden, systems, etc).
>>>>
>>>>The symptom of this problem, so far, seems to be that my home page in IE gets always set to "about:blank".
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions to how to get rid of this virus?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.