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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Hi all, Just FYI, I got a slightly different virus which was detected by my Norton anti-virus, but NOT detected by Malwarebytes. It is "RobinJA" - it also appeared via the use of my memory stick. Best, Stephen. Stephen Bird Assistant Professor, Political Science 315-268-3990, (c) 857-753-5507 http://people.clarkson.edu/~sbird/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken -----Original Message----- From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Benjamin Elbirt Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 10:45 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SOCNET] trojan msw0vks.exe on Sunbelt XXX computers ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Hey Everyone! I am sorry to hear you are all having infection problems! I highly recommend downloading (Free) MalwareBytes - this program cleans computers better than Norton Anti-virus and is free. I use it on all my computers. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Good luck! Benjamin Elbirt Chief Information Officer, INSNA -----Original Message----- From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rusty Tunnard Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: trojan msw0vks.exe on Sunbelt XXX computers ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear Christian, Thanks for this warning. I had it on my memory stick, too after loading my presentation on the computer in Stampa B. Thanks for the warning, Rusty Tunnard -----Original Message----- From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christian Steglich Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 8:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: trojan msw0vks.exe on Sunbelt XXX computers ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear Sunbelt attendees, while I found the conference great & well-organised (compliments to the organisers!), as a downside, I think a word of warning is necessary as well: I got a trojan virus file via the computers used for the presentations on my USB stick, and afterwards on my laptop. My colleague, who presented on a different computer, got the same virus. The file containing the trojan is called "msw0vks.exe". It is an Italian language virus, adding an additional, malicious action "Apri cartella per visualizzare i file" to the list of options for handling memory sticks - which looks suspicious when you have an English-language computer, but can quickly be overlooked if the computer is Italian. I have succesfully removed it with the PrevX software, other spyware detectors should do the job as well. Hope this doesn't affect too many of us, Christian -- _ __ ___ ____ ___ __ _ __ ___ ____ ___ __ _ Christian Steglich, researcher Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences University of Groningen Grote Rozenstraat 31 9712 TG Groningen The Netherlands fon +31-(0)50-363 6189 fax +31-(0)50-363 6226 http://www.gmw.rug.nl/~steglich/ _ __ ___ ____ ___ __ _ __ ___ ____ ___ __ _ _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15370) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.