What is
Winkiller.A Trojan Virus?
The Winkiller.A trojan was spread
mostly through E-Groups and a few other discussion lists as a file
called X1.exe. The program once it is executed prevents the computer
from booting again by replacing critical Microsoft Windows files with
its own files and editing the Win.ini file and disabling it. |
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After the
damage is done, it displays a "Readme" box with the following text:
AS
YOU MAY NOT KNOT. YOU ARE INFECTED WITH
X1 VIRUS. YOUR COMPUTER AND FILES WILL BE
SPARED AS LONG AS YOU DON'T RESTART YOUR
COMPUTER!! TO OBTAIN A CURE, SEND A MESSAGE TO
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
eminemsux11211@hotmail.com
THANK
YOU.
YOUR REQUEST WILL BE ANSWERED SHORTLY.
What
Files are Replaced or Deleted?
Winkiller
replaces the following critical Windows files with a copy of its file:
\windows\winsock.dll
\windows\win.com
\windows\wininit.exe
\windows\system\dllhost.exe
It also
disables the WIN.INI file by adding comments (;) in front of most
commands, and reduces the size of the file to 1K.
How
to Clean/Delete the Winkiller trojan?
If you
noticed that the size of win.com in your computer is reduced to 1Kb and
you detect this Trojan in your system, please do the following:
(Don't
Reboot Your Computer Before Completing These Instructions)
- Replace
the following files with a clean ones from a clean computer
\windows\Winsock.dll
\windows\Win.com
\windows\Wininit.exe
\windows\system\dllhost.exe
- Click
START, RUN
Type WIN.INI and hit the ENTER key.
- Delete
all the comments( ; ) at the start of each line of WIN.INI.
- Save the
changes made to win.ini.
Now update your anti-virus program
and scan for the virus.
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