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Posted by Malke on February 10, 2006, 8:32 am
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pog the pootle wrote:
> I am having trouble getting rid of a virus on my home PC which my
> security software (Trend Micro's PC-cillin 14) has IDed as
> TROJ_AGENT.AMV located in the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dssoundi.dll.
> My OS is XP Pro. I would be grateful for any advice re. the following
> questions :
>
> 1. Is this file a valid OS .dll file or a fake one created by malware
> to host the virus? If it is a valid OS file what does it do & what
> effect would deleting it have?
>
> 2. The dssoundi file was created on 3 Jan 2006, but the problems with
> the computer (slowing & erratic behavoir) didn't start unti 28 Jan
> when I upgraded to the new version of PC-cillin & it detected the
> virus. As this virus is apparantly mainly concerned with spying on
> browser activity rather than causing damage it made me wonder wether
> it was the virus or the the PC-cillin software thet is the cause of
> the problems. But someone has suggested to me that virus' often change
> their behavoir when detected & start causing system problems...is this
> likely?
A Google for "dssoundi.dll" brings up a few sites regarding malware
removal. Go through these malware removal steps systematically, doing
everything with updated tools in Safe Mode:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
Malke
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