Virus? W2k cannot print on local printer and other problems.

[sti]

Hi,
we have a network running an NT4 Server and diverse Windows clients. Some weeks ago some clients have started to show strange printing problems:
- Windows 2000 can print once after reboot on the local printer, afterwards the print job is no longer created and queued. Printing on a network printer works though.
- Windows 98 SE clients show network printer being offline, whereas from the Server or Windows XP machines we may print.
- (maybe not related to the above) Windows XP clients with network printer redirected to LPT3 and printer installed on this port create a bunch of 0 byte print jobs.

I'm suspecting a virus since these effects (except the last one where I have no information on first occurence) have appeared just some weeks ago. One 98 client has been infected with the BugBear virus but could be cleaned. BTW: The machines have McAfee AntiVirus installed...

Any help with this is appreciated.
Thanks,
Stefan

 

[AVChap]

Probably Bugbear

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99728.htm

AVChap
... take my advice, I don't use it anyway!

 

[sti]

Well...that's what I suspected, but I could not detect BugBear but on this one machine which seems to be clean now. On all other machines NO virus is detected. Also tried the special BugBear-Scanners from McAfee and Symantec - nothing.

Stefan