My bad. Gimmiv-A is classified as a worm, not a Trojan. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: "PCTechTalk Group <FreeLists>" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Gimmiv-A Trojan - Last week's critical update > The Trojan that's blocked by last week's emergency Windows Update is > called > Gimmiv-A. If anyone is concerned whether they patched their system fast > enough, here's the info on what it does. Just looking to see if the > sysmgr.dll file should be enough to ease your mind a bit. Since the > location given below is written in computer-speak, the translation for > most > system is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem". An exception to that would only > happen if you installed Windows to somewhere other than the default > C:\Windows location. > > Since this Trojan hit, most malware fighting tools have likely been > updated > to include definitions for it and others that may be based on the concept. > Make sure you have the latest available definitions for all of the > anti-malware items you're running on your system, just to be safe. > > If you have any questions about any of this, just give a yip. :) --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------