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What is this App "Dosn3" ?

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by jaytmoon

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I have a Network connected PC that has an unknown application running in the background after the user has been "Surfing" the web for a while using both AOL v7 and IE 6.x, When I do a ctrl-alt-del and examine the Close Program options, this "Dosn3" keeps showing up, even when I close it manually. It will show up again later after the user starts using the Ip connection again. I am thinking is some kind of "denial of services" trojan, but I can't seem to locate any reference to it in the systemsregistry. The program does seem to slow down the file txfr speeds and screen refreshs while online.
Well... any Ideas?

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by jaytmoon

Just a follow up on this topic.
This Dosn3 IS A TROJAN that symantec is aware. It infects through an *.exe via downloads and allows a hacker to take over certain higher funtions of an infected system. There is a fix/inocculant now available through Symantec.com

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