navidad.exe

[kurt]

I had a friend send me a email that had a program named navidad.exe. I opened it and it had some spanish that I did not know. I then closed the program and deleted it. Now, none of the shortcuts on the desktop work, and most of the programs on the computer work. Please let me know if you have any idea of what happened, or know if there is something I can do. Thanks

[jman01pa]

You have a virus. Here is a statement from Noton's antivirus.

1. W32.Navidad worm

W32.Navidad is a mass-mailing worm program. The worm replies to all Microsoft Outlook Inbox messages that contain a single attachment. The worm utilizes the existing email subject line and body, and attaches itself as NAVIDAD.EXE. Due to bugs in the code, after being executed, the worm causes your computer to stop functioning correctly.

Virus definitions dated November 9, 2000, or later will protect against the W32.Navidad worm. Complete information about W32.Navidad worm is available at the following Internet address:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav68

I hope this helps


J http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[SoopaStar]

I replied to your other post with this: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.navidad.fix.html

go there for a fix.

Paul

[socalgal]

kurt

No multiple posting, please. Post your topic once only.

Thanks.

Apologies, J http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif