hi all,

just discovered a virus on my computer. i ran AVG and ad-aware. AVG found the virus. but has said it cannot remove it.

i tried to located the folder and file thru the path shown on AVG but doesnt seem to exist.

any ideas?

Which virus?

If you are using XP, turn off system restore and restart in safe mode, then run your virus scanner again.

As mannyo says thats the way forward but it would help if you could tell us the name.

How to Enable / Disable System Restore - http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

the virus file coming up is jar.jar - java byteverify

Removal Instructions

Virus found in the Java

More info

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453089160

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453089160

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-011.mspx

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=13039

when im in my control panel it asks me to select a category :confused:

on the left choose switch to classic view.

Java Icon looks like a coffee cup

ah cool, right done that and cleared the cache.

will that be it removed now?

The lovely thing about this is that Sun themselves are distributing the virus - it comes as part of an automatic update for the Sun JRE. I've removed it and gone back to the Microsoft one - just means I have to use IE for sites that need Java applets - like my business banking :thumbdwn:

i see, not very handy really!

good news seems to be cleared, thanks for the help guys.

Good news mate.