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Thread ID: 20308	2002-06-02 12:28:00	Benjamin	Guest (0)	Press F1

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52124	2002-06-02 12:28:00	Just spent ages cleaning up my hard drive after getting caught by the benjamin virus. Several thousand infected files had to be deleted but I'm left with one file that I can't delete or rename. It's windows/system/explorer.scr and it maybe one created by bejamin or is it an important windows file? Any suggestions on what to do with this file would very appreciated. Cheers Ken. PS. Evidently this virus comes from Kazaa downloads!!!	Guest (0)
52125	2002-06-02 12:43:00	Probably just a screensaver?	Guest (0)
52126	2002-06-02 16:51:00	Hi Ken, Tane is right. The file extension .scr is for screensavers. I have searched my clean system and I dont have an explorer.scr file, so, if you have doubts about having it on your system throw it out. If you cant delete it, try renaming it to explorer.old and then you may be able to delete. If not, dont worry. With the file extension .old it shouldnt cause trouble. Cheers.	Guest (0)
52127	2002-06-02 21:04:00	NO, explorer.scr is NOT a screen saver, it is a copy of the Benjamin worm, Better have a look at what Symantec say about it. <securityresponse.symantec.com	Guest (0)
52128	2002-06-02 22:46:00	Duuuh, why didn't I think to do a Google search on explorer.scr which would have brought up lots of warnings about it! Up too late again... :{	Guest (0)
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