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Message-ID: <016701c47964$7d4faa80$0200a8c0@AMDLAPTOP1>
From: angray at beeb.net (Aaron Gray)
Subject: Virus Problem

> We are having Windows 2000 network in the lab , We are stuck due to a
> virus. The symptoms of it are :
> 1) Error message coming after login - "No Paging file found or paging file
> too small" paging file limit is set to well above the limits still it
> actually allocates 20 MB for it.It doesnot changes even after setting new
> 'Initial File size' & 'Maximum File Size'.
>
> 2) It disables the norton antivius.
>
> We tried stinger for it & that found W32/Nachi.worm in svchost.exe and
> deleted the svchost.exe. Still paging error is  same.
>
> On searching google we found one more person havin similiar problem naming
> it as 'badass virus' but do not found antivirus for it.
>
> Please suggest that what could be done for it.

If no one else can suggest a solution then probably the quickest and 
cleanest solution is to backup your data and reinstall Windows.

You could try these online scanners first :-

        http://security.symantec.com/
        http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Aaron