please someone help me with a computer problem

In article <MPG.19eb3464afed05a3989723.DeleteThis@news.xenopsyche.net>,
Dave"OldBloke"Budd <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> says...
> In article <3f806b8d$0$198$75868355@news.frii.net>, wildcatscholar38
> @aol.com says...
> > i have a major virus infecting my harddrive and the people at HP were
> > really uncool and offered no help. the file is the winlog.exe file and
> > i can't delete it and nortons or anything else ive tried has helped. If
> > anyone can help please contact me. If need be, ill call you on the
> > phone and hopefully you can talk me through the necessary steps on what
> > to do. thanks
>
> Try booting into Safe Mode and see if you can delete it then.
> Get Safe Mode by pressing f8 during the startup.
>
> But, just deleting an infected file isn't usually enough - and in some
> cases it makes things worse as the registry may want the file and the
> Windows load sequence may be unable to complete without it.
> So, I'd get a decent AntiVirus (and as a professional in that area, I
> don't include Norton in that...) and run a full scan from DOS, if your
> machine will boot into DOS, or from Safe Mode. Even if you can't clean
> it that way, you should find out which virus it is, and then you can
> search the AV vendor websites for specific removal tools for that virus.
> Try www.sophos.com and www.f-secure.com for starters.
>
>

You may have this one:


Trojan Name: Duddies Trojan
Version: 2.0

Class:
Remote access
Server name
DuddieS.exe
Server install path
%windir%\winlog.exe
Protocol: Port:
tcp: 2002

Installation in registry or system files:
HKLM, Run

You want to:
start Task Manager (Control+Alt+Del, select Task Manager)
and terminate the winlog process (Select Process tab, highlight winlog,
click terminate);
Remove the registry entry (Start, Run, Regedit,
find key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Run
and delete the entry for winlog.exe;
Remove it from startup if it's in your Start Programs Startup;
Re-boot;
Delete the file.



Or it may be anohther one that plants files with the same name!
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jason corlew <wildcatscholar38.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message news:3f806b8d$0$198$75868355@news.frii.net...
> i have a major virus infecting my harddrive and the people at HP were
> really uncool and offered no help. the file is the winlog.exe file and
> i can't delete it and nortons or anything else ive tried has helped. If
> anyone can help please contact me. If need be, ill call you on the
> phone and hopefully you can talk me through the necessary steps on what
> to do. thanks

WINLOG is indicative that you have been infected
by the QHOSTS trojan. Another indication is the
C:\Bdtmp\Tmp folder. Neither should exist in a clean system.

You will also have a rogue HOSTS file
hijacking your attempts to get to a number
of high traffic Internet sites, such as www.google.com

This spurious file may be C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS
or in C:\WINDOWS\HELP\HOSTS or both.

It will also have modified your computer's DNS settings,
and your Registry.

Check some of these links for the correct removal procedure

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

http://www.sophos.com.au/virusinfo/analyses/trojqhosts1.html

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100719
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