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45900	2002-04-27 10:23:00	Hi there A friend has contacted me saying her keyboard g,h,j keys do not operate. This happened after she clicked on an attachment with the subject something along the lines of 'This is what happens when you spill stuff on your keybaord'... I have not been able to find any reference on the web to it at all, she uses Nortons, and nothing was detected. She has deleted the original email so I can't take a look at the attachment. Any ideas? Cheers, J.	Guest (0)
45901	2002-04-27 11:18:00	hi.. i'm not sure if this will help, vil.nai.com its a site with all the known viruses and descriptions. it might take a while since u don't know the viruses name..but its worth a try, i did read about a virus that mucked up all the keys. Hope this will help you out Tony	Guest (0)
45902	2002-04-27 15:05:00	This may not be a virus as you can create programs that can alter how your keyboard works. It could be seen as something a virus could do though. It might be a TSR program or a program that has a way of loading itself. I would check all the places where this program could be loaded from. Startup folder, Autoexec.bat, Win.ini, registry and services and remove those entries then remove the offending program.	Guest (0)
45903	2002-04-27 21:18:00	Hi and thanks both of of you for your comments. I have searched through several virus databases, used keywords to do with spilt liquid on keyboard, ghj, and so on - but so far have had no luck. I also believe that it is a 'joke' program, but as it remains running after a few re-boots, must be in the start up group somewhere. She is not confident with messing with ms config so it looks like it is a trip to Hamilton for me :-S Thanks again J.	Guest (0)
45904	2002-04-27 21:47:00	There is program called 'This is what happens when you spill coffee on your keybaord' It is intended as a joke program. Can also be used as a screen saver. While not a lot of help have a look also in add/remove programs.	Guest (0)
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