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  1. telthecelt

    How to enable registry editor after remove virus Swen

    Hi Thuy I still have not cured my machine due to work overload but I will tryout the instructions from the Symantec page whose amazingly long link is shown here, I searched in Symantec for the words at the start of the recurrent error messages 'cant find file' or similar and it got me to...
  2. telthecelt

    Convinced this is a virus

    Hi Peter and Ted Got caught by this myself on Friday and paid for it.Fixing it with helpful suggestions from folk on the general virus discussion. Microsoft notes say that they never send patches etc as attachments so that it is one way of distinguishing spoof from genuine.But will I know...
  3. telthecelt

    How to enable registry editor after remove virus Swen

    Thuy Just noticed your request. YOu will know more of handling virus problems than I do probably but I am struggling with this virus too and have had great problems getting the symantec tool and patch to be accepted by my XP machine. The information I have gained is in the general virus...
  4. telthecelt

    W32/Swen@MM

    Thanks Manarth..tried it to no avail. Matt I followed your link and continued with a symantec search and found a page that seems to answer my problem.Its for an older 32. worm but seems to suit the symptoms to a tee. Apparently some worms add the name of their executable files to the Windows...
  5. telthecelt

    W32/Swen@MM

    Symantec removal tool and patch have done me no good with my infected XP. Cleverly the worm seems to have disabled all the short cuts on the desktop and even in the start menu. Browsing to the downloaded removal tool on CD or trying to open it from an email results in a 'can't find file' message...

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