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Serious problem about antivirus

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nabanita dutta Original post #1
Dec 22, 2004 at 2:24 PM
my computer is having some problem these days. i've McAfee antivirus. but it is neither running nor removing from the computer. whenever i'mtrying to removing it from control panel , a message is showing that the program is running. but in the task bar its not running. whenever i double click on the antivirus icon a small icon appearing on the task bar. but after that when i click the mouse there it disappear. my task manager is also not running. i've tryed to run norton anti virus. but the result is same. please suggest something. but i dont know formatting properly. so advice anything else.

CONFIGURATION:- 80gb hard disk, 128 ram, operating system -windows XP.

please help me.
there is another provlem, sometimes after connecting net it showing system shut down. & restart the computer.
i need help.[/b]
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Dec 22, 2004 at 3:06 PM
Well...did you try uninstalling it? If you are unable to do that, plz start up in 'safe mode' and try the same. Otherwise, reinstall it, and uninstall.
Regarding the auto-shutdown, it's a classic case of the 'sasser worm'. Refer this page *www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser_printxp.mspx
it_waaznt_me
Dec 22, 2004 at 3:06 PM
Please post your HijackThis Logfile for better assesment of your problem.