reg.hta?

[Floppyman]

Hey all,

Just noticed there's a file called reg.hta loading on my dad's comp at startup. Is this a virus? I've removed the kak.hta virus from other comps and was wondering if this was one because of the .hta ending. I couldn't find anything on it so I'm hoping it isn't, but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks guys.

[Statica]

Its a spyware kinda nonsense, u might like to read this:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010226/152/b81ph.html

& u might want to remove it nonetheless
Btw Overseas Sec. Council has posted an advisory here:
http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=4967

[Floppyman]

Just read those articles, seems all I have to do is remove the file reg.hta from the startup folder. Is there any software that can protect me from spyware? Thanks again.

[MadMax]

I use Ad-aware
http://www.spychecker.com/adaware.html

[Floppyman]

Hmmm, tried downloading it but the lavasoft link doesn't work. Do you have another link where I could download it at? Thanks.

[MadMax]

The Lavasoft site seems to be down. I could attach it to your hotmail address. "aaw45.exe" is 660K.

[ylen13]

u can get the file here for know http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html