_agobot-ku_ Worm!

[Judah]

Hi,

I have a couple questions. I’ll start with this one and post the other after this is solved, if someone can help me out with this.

The first entry in my Run>msconfig>Startup is blank and its ticked.
Using Spybot System Startup, it says this blank entry is

Current filename:

Database status: Not required - virus, spyware, malware or other resource hog
Value:
Filename: system32.exe

Description
Added by the _AGOBOT-KU_ WORM! Note - has a blank entry under the Startup Item/Name field

Source: Paul Collins Startup list

This is in the Spybot Report:

--- Startup entries list ---
Located: HK_LM:Run,
command:
file:

I don’t know how long its been there, I found it a couple days ago. I have scanned with TrendMicro online and it came up clean. I scanned with Spybot and Ad-Aware (free) in Safemode, and they both came up clean. My Symantec scan is clean. HijackThis does not show anything out of the ordinary.

I can’t Search my computer for anything cause the Search is broke—always shows “no results”–that’s another post after this one. I also do not have SafeMode. I had to use Run>msconfig>BOOT.INI>Safeboot to scan in safe mode.

Do I need to use something else to find this?

I did do a search of the forum and found conclusions it was a false positive. True?

Thank you.

Judah

[md usa spybot fan]

Judah:

You have a startup entry that gets interpreted as possibly coming from the W32/Agobot-KU Worm because the namevalue of the entry is blank. Since the entry has no data value it is just an invalid entry in your registry, not the W32/Agobot-KU Worm that would point to program system32.exe.

[Judah]

Thank you md usa spybot fan. I am so happy to hear that.

So I will just untick it. Or do I need to get rid of it somehow? If so, how?

Thank you again. I'm am so relieved.

P.S. This is a second try at posting this. I get a page that tells me to log in or a IE error page.

[md usa spybot fan]

You can just untick it or you could also try to highlight the entry on the System Startup screen and then click on the Delete button to remove the entry.

[Judah]

I used ccleaner. That way there is a backup just in case. So far no problems.

Thanks for your help. Have a great weekend