New Spyware Found ?

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Michael

I was trying to fix something with my PC and at one point
after clicking the option to remove the check in " Hide
protected operating files " I clcked on the Autoexec.exe "
file. A warning came up that I had the Poe/bot.explorer
trojan. It put the trojan in Quarantine. The autoexec.exe
file reads 0 bytes. I clicked it again and the same
warning came up and did the same thing. So far I have
done it 3 times and each time the poe/bot comes up again.
I did a google search on it and it was just found this
month. Does anyone know anything about this? Check your
autoexec.exe file and do what I did and see what happens.
I just did a windows reinstall last week and this is
showing up. It sounds as though it is a very dangerous
trojan. Could someone please respond if you know of this
and what to do, and if not, ask around. Thanks Michael
 
PoeBot is a Spyware the best you can do is the following:
Best recommendation then would be to restart in safe mode and do a deep
scan. On the Scan Page choose Scan Options > Full System Scan. Do this at
least two times until detects something. Also, before you restart in safe
mode, disable System Restore, some trojans and spyware programs are likely
to restore themselves with system snap shots:

Right click My Computer > Properties > System Restore, check the "Disable
System Restore" check box and restart in safe mode.

Restart in safe mode instructions:
www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/
windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx

Remember, this is still beta and cannot be judged as a finished shipping
product. I also recommend using additional AntiSpyware utilities in tandem
with Microsoft AntiSpyware, also use your Antivirus solution to do a
thorough scan in safe mode also and ensure that it fully up to date.

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
Spy Sweeper - www.webroot.com
 
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