Summer:
I hate to say this, but I'm afraid you have remnants of Nimda still on your machine. Fortunately, there is a way to find out and remove it. It is time consuming (about an hour or two), but worth the try.
This is the address where youget the Nimda removal tool (be sure to remove any spaces that may appear in the URL):
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.removal.tool.html
I am pasting in the instructions that I have sent to several people so that they could disinfect. If they seem basic, that's the reason. I respect your computer knowledge.
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On the removal tool page, click on the block that offers a printer friendly page. It is four pages, but you will want to have it.
Follow the instructions, and you should be able to do the trick.
Download both of the files that they suggest.
fixnimda.com
chktrust.exe (it is mentioned under the paragraph called The digital signature. You'll want to be sure that the digital signature is correct. That makes sure that the fixnimda.com file isn't corrupt. (Wouldn't that be terrible!)
Follow the instructions on the printout. Run the Fixnimda.com program repeatedly until you are given a screen that says you don't have the virus on the machine. Then reinstall Office 2000.
Good luck. Nimda shut down 5 computers on our church's network, and it took me about 10 hours to get it back up and running. It required disinfecting each one of them (detached from the network) and then reinstalling quite a few MicroSoft programs. It didn't seem to have any effect on non-MS software.
O.J.
