Has anybody heard of formatc.trojan

[GlenJohnson]

We've been getting killed by this thing. It slows machines down to a crawl. The only way to speed the machine up is by disabling Trend anti-virus. When the machine re-boots, trend loads again and the machine is a dog. Nothing we've found helps. Any help would be appreciated. Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@johnsoncomputers.us

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[KimberTech]

This one?

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98368

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[GlenJohnson]

Turns out it wasn't a virus. Trends latest update was so memory intensive, if you didn't have more than 32 meg, you're machines all but died. If you had 16 meg, Trend wouldn't load. Luckily they had a patch that fixes the problem without adding more memory. Thanks for the help though. Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@johnsoncomputers.us

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[KimberTech]

no problem...glad you got it sorted..
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[GlenJohnson]

Thanks for the help. Wish the anti-virus people had some kind of early warning system. Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@johnsoncomputers.us

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[KimberTech]

Never happen.
They depend on US to tell them when things are messed up.
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