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Can an infected System File be fixed ?.

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by krooglik

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Have W98 on a 166 system and Norton AV detected the W32Klez.exe virus, isolating all files except the winkepo.exe System file. The virus is still there. How can I eliminate the bug on this single System file..?

Tks,
George Krooglik
20th June, 2002

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by mintojoseph

First Quarantine the File.
If you can't repair the file answer.
Try Norton Live update and download the new file defenitions.
Or you could submit the file to the SARC.

by joe

If you know what file is infected, see if you can find a clean copy of that file from another PC and you may need to delete the infected one and replace it with a clean one. HTH

by akatheone

These infected files may be WINK*.EXE files. * is a random number of characters.
Click Start>Run, type Regedit then hit the Enter key.
In the left panel, double click the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows
>CurrentVersion>Run
In the right panel, look for and then delete these registry values. * is any random characters:
?Wink*? = ?%System%\Wink*.exe?
?WQK? = ?%System%\Wqk.exe?
In the left panel, double click the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>System>CurrentControl Set>Services
Under the Services key, look for and then delete this subkey:
Wink*
Close the Registry Editor.
Restart the system.

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