notpad.exe...

[mjonson]

ok...i look at processes regularly because i think this is the way to spot bad things

so today i find notpad.exe

its 65k and lives in system32 right next to notepad.exe
im running xp and have virus/adware/spybot checked
ne1 else seen this

 

[mjonson]

...anotha thing i should add is that this seems to open
.txt docs

 

[carrr]

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.israz.b@mm.html

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[carrr]

or,

http://www.hauri.net/virus/virusinfo_read.php?code=BAW3000372&start=&

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/i/iteye_2_2.asp

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[mjonson]

did a search found those two pages
hauri.net - bit wary of installing anything not seen b4
pestpatrol.com - deleted notpad.exe from sys32 (none shown in processes)

cant beleive thats sorted it

thanks carrr