Why do I have a virus?

[Confusa]

I have a virus that is:
1. making my desktop icons flicker
2. spontaneously launching XP file search
3. spontaneously launching Notepad
4. permits typing one (1) character, then runs away and types many of that character.

I wonder how I got it, since I receive NOD32 updates about 4 times a day.
I have tried scanning my hard drives. It never finds anything.

HELP!!!!

[philby]

Hello

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NOD32 isn't perfect. Furthermore, V4 beta is pretty stable and offers better protection than V2.

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Have you tried this (http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php). It seems to do the trick for a lot of infected machines. If successful, you could then zip the chief suspects and submit (http://training.eset.com/kb/index.php?option=com_kb&Itemid=29&page=articles&articleid=141) to Eset.

Do you have an image of your system drive you can revert to should the above fail?

If not, make one quick once you've sorted this. You can get free s/w to do this here (http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp).

Hope this helps

philby

[Conder]

Sounds more like a sticking keyboard!

[ThunderZ]

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:thumb:

[YeOldeStonecat]

-{ Quote: "Sounds more like a sticking keyboard!" }-
:thumb: :thumb:

[philby]

:-[ :-[ :-[

philby