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Originally Posted by ~smaK
Did you get the name of the virus? How to remove it? Also, any idea how / where it got onto your system?
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i dunno the name of it but the applications it installs are called
msmbw and
serbw.
It sends itself to everyone on your msn contact list as an MS Dos shortcut, with file names such as "crazy frog being killed by train" and "topless in miniskirt lol"
Once you've got it it thwarts every attempt to remove it, closing down your task manager, and as soon as you open virus software it shuts it down. The virus seems to log keystrokes and searches webpages you're on for phrases that might be used to delete it, for example it shut down my browser every time i tried to view the original post i made.
There's a method to remove it without damaging or needing to download anything, i'll type it up tomorrow and post it when i have time, and i'd urge everyone to print out the instructions because once you've got the virus you won't be able to view the post, i wouldn't think.