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    Removing Diablo Keys?

    I think my system may be infected with Diablo Keys. Here's the story:

    I signed onto AOL which has a new SpyZapper feature. AOL's SpyZapper detected that I have Diablo Keys.

    I ran Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, and Symantec AntiVirus and they showed that my system was completely clean.

    Then, I Googled "Diablo Keys" and I came across a website (http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-diablo-keys.html) that listed all the processes and files associated with Diablo Keys. I checked my system and none of the processes were running and none of the files were there...except for one file called hand.ani.

    So my questions are the following:

    1. What else can I do to make sure that I don't have Diablo Keys?
    2. Is hand.ani a malicious file?

    Thanks in advance for any help

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    Rename the file to hand.ani.old and restart the computer.... Do whatever you do and see if anything odd occurs.

    If it doesn't, you're fine.....
    Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you.....
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    Thanks! I renamed the file and rebooted my computer...but 2 of the past 3 times I rebooted my computer I got a "Generic Host Processes for Win32 Services" error.

    Also, is it normal to have 5 instances of svchost.exe running? Two of them are running under user name "System", two are running under "Network Service" and the last one is running under "Local Service".

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    Dead Man Walking
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    If you have even one of those files listed you may consider your self comprimised. More research is in store for you and best of luck to ya

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    For your svchost.exe questions, try this link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056
    If you ever have questions about win files, support.micro...... is usually a good place to start digging.

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    Hoopy Frood
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    Re: Removing Diablo Keys?

    Originally posted here by BlackBox80

    2. Is hand.ani a malicious file?
    http://www.2-spyware.com/file-hand-ani.html (Google == powerful. )

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