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    Unhappy Huge problem

    Please help me with this problem. I think I have a very bad worm. My virsu shield which was norton went crazy a very days ago and thinks that my subscription expired on 1899 12/30/1899. Then a program that zonealarms called project 1 tried to stop a windows commnd prompt from opening but it opens still. Now today I for a trojan of the highest level treat was found and here is what I found on it.

    Name:


    Trojan Downloader Matcash

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    Category:


    Trojan Horse

    Threat Assessment:


    Critical



    Description:

    Trojan Downloader Matcash is a downloader that may download other threats on your computer.

    Characteristics:

    Trojan Downloader Matcash is a type of Trojan horse that downloads other applications onto your computer. It can run in the background, hiding its presence.

    Method of Infection:

    Trojan Downloader Matcash is usually disguised as a harmless software program and is generally distributed as an e-mail attachment. Opening the attachment may cause an auto-installation process that loads the downloader onto your computer without your knowledge or consent.

    I first tried to find it with spybot but it did not find it but spysweeper found it. Please I need to know what kind of worm,virus,blasted whatever I have and how to get rid of it.

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