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    Ptsnoop Virus

    Have a pc at my business that has ptsnoop.exe running on it. I have read that it is a backdoor virus. I have followed the instructions to remove it from Trend Micro (it is supposedly in win.inf) but I don't see it there. If it hit ctrl+alt+dlt, it is running.

    Anybody know anything about this virus and how to get rid of it? THANKS...

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    Ptsnoop Virus

    Have a pc at my business that has ptsnoop.exe running on it. I have read that it is a backdoor virus. I have followed the instructions to remove it from Trend Micro (it is supposedly in win.inf) but I don't see it there. If it hit ctrl+alt+dlt, it is running.

    Anybody know anything about this virus and how to get rid of it? THANKS...

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    According to the Sophos antivirus site:

    Troj/Ptsnoop is a backdoor Trojan. It copies itself to \windows\system\ptsnoop.exe and changes win.ini adding 'c:\windows\system\ptsnoop.exe' to 'load = '.
    You'll only have to:
    1- stop the virus in memory. Do ctrl+alt+del, select it, and put the "end task" (or something like that, I use French version) button.
    2- delete the "ptsnoop.exe" file in your system.
    3- remove the line added by the virus in your Win.ini file.
    4- reboot to verify and think to update your virus definition.

    VoilĂ*.
    Life is boring. Play NetHack... --more--

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    According to the Sophos antivirus site:

    Troj/Ptsnoop is a backdoor Trojan. It copies itself to \windows\system\ptsnoop.exe and changes win.ini adding 'c:\windows\system\ptsnoop.exe' to 'load = '.
    You'll only have to:
    1- stop the virus in memory. Do ctrl+alt+del, select it, and put the "end task" (or something like that, I use French version) button.
    2- delete the "ptsnoop.exe" file in your system.
    3- remove the line added by the virus in your Win.ini file.
    4- reboot to verify and think to update your virus definition.

    VoilĂ*.
    Life is boring. Play NetHack... --more--

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