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Please follow the instructions for disinfecting PE executables.
Please read the instructions for removing PE executable viruses.
Windows NT/2000/XP
In Windows NT/2000/XP you will also need to edit the following registry key. The removal of this key is optional in Windows 95/98/Me.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Run\win32napp = C:\win32napp.exe -e
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor.
Checking network shares
You should check other computers on the network with shared folders.
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W32/Smelles-A infects files with an EXE extension located in shared network folders.
W32/Smelles-A may also copy itself to network shares as Setup.exe.
When first run W32/Smelles-A copies itself to the current folder as .EXE and to the C:\ root folder as Win32napp.exe and creates the following registry entry so that Win32napp.exe is run automatically each time Windows is started:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\win32napp
= C:\win32napp.exe -e
An error message is displayed with the text
"Software-Error in 44462:27849 #7296 GCG. Aborted.".
This message is not displayed when infected files are run or when the dropper
is run with a -e command line argument.
W32/Smelles-A may also copy itself to the current folder as Tmp.EXE and to the Desktop as .EXE.
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