Hi,

I followed a step by step guide (from June 05 posted by someone who's name I can't remember) that showed how to delete the virus and I followed this fine up until deleting any references from the registry. I searched for the file name that I'd found by looking at processes (in my case Hadcm3transum_5.08_windows_intelx86.exe) and found only one reference, which I deleted. I then tries to follow the next step which involved opening CMD, which I had copied to my desktop as required to fool the virus. Problem is when I go to open CMD I get the message C:/Documents and settings/windows user/desktop/cmd.com is not a valid Win32 application.

What have I done??!! Please help me!

In addition I also have this message from where I uninstalled limewire (I know Grandpas says click on the blue box next to his name but there isn't one) ...

one or more necessary files seem to be missing. This is usually due to one or more files being corrupt etc etc and then all the below info is in a box to be copied and e-mailed to bugs@limewire.com



LimeWire version 4.12.3 Pro
Java version 1.5.0_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 2787440/4128768

com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid update.ver
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:270)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:40)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)

STARTUP ERROR!

-- listing properties --
WINDOW_Y=0
WINDOW_X=0
PORT=16521
TOTAL_CONNECTION_TIME=24911904
RUN_ON_STARTUP=false
UPDATE_DELAY=252000020
UPDATE_GIVEUP_FACTOR=49
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
INSTALLED=true
UI_LIBRARY_TREE_DIVIDER_LOCATION=141
HARD_MAX_UPLOADS=5
AVERAGE_UPTIME=6339
TOTAL_UPTIME=259930
MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=19
MIN_CONNECT_TIME=7
CONTENT_AUTHORITIES=fserv1.limewire.com:10000
COUNTRY=
FREELOADER_FILES=5
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1152648148578
APP_WIDTH=1152
SESSIONS=42
UPLOAD_SPEED=37
UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=1
LAST_ACCEPTABLE_BUG_VERSION=4.12.0
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.015609512
UPDATE_RETRY_DELAY=1800001
CONNECTION_SPEED=350
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1151756831796
TOTAL_CONNECTIONS=32
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Windows use...
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=276
UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY=14400001
RUN_ONCE=true
AVERAGE_CONNECTION_TIME=778497
APP_HEIGHT=826
EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=true
EVIL_HOSTS=BearShare 5.2
FREELOADER_ALLOWED=10
MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=12
DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Windows use...
LAST_GWEBCACHE_FETCH_TIME=1152478535877
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true
CLIENT_ID=58BAB1E9342017F56CF3A0202227CD00
FLUSH_DELAY_TIME=256
CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_ACTIVE=true
IDLE_CONNECTIONS=2



FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928906
SIZE: 307949

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901929859
SIZE: 459988

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901930375
SIZE: 59154

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901932218
SIZE: 355370

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901934906
SIZE: 388504

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913109
SIZE: 12279

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901935390
SIZE: 25678

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901936671
SIZE: 741440

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901937656
SIZE: 94430

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901938500
SIZE: 136693

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901939406
SIZE: 255016

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901941875
SIZE: 69306

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913593
SIZE: 159744

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901926781
SIZE: 7109498

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913187
SIZE: 40960

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901943031
SIZE: 677952

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944078
SIZE: 630634

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901927484
SIZE: 2720591

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944546
SIZE: 40064

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928031
SIZE: 5786

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944937
SIZE: 741477

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901945625
SIZE: 152711

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901946062
SIZE: 27215

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913218
SIZE: 61440

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913375
SIZE: 12808

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901948328
SIZE: 2147687

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1150901949062
SIZE: 207655