Virus has me stumped

[ardi]

Noton alerts are popping up like mad on my machine. The XP firewall is (and has) been on, but the virus is still here. I can find the infected file that Norton identifies, but it won't delete. This is what Norton says:

Virus Alert:

Object name: C:Windows\Systen32\wininetd.exe

Virus Name: Backdoor.Winet

Action taken: Access to file was denied

Delete failed

So far, it has done no damage that I am aware of, but I need to get rid of it. Suggestions anyone?

[sedative]

Did you try booting into safe mode and deleting it that way?

[ardi]

No, I didn't know that would make any difference. I'll try that next.

BTW have you heard of this virus? I've never seen Norton defeated like this.

[rik]

I know you've probably already seen this but I'll add it anyway. The page that SARC has on this virus. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...otron.worm.html

Removal instructions are at the bottom.

[MSNwar]

Did not find anything about on Google. Write NAV and tell them about it. Bet they would be interested.

Maybe Trojan Cleaner will kill it. http://www.moosoft.com

[.PsychoMerc.]

I had Backdoor.netdevil, that thing was freakin evil. I tried everything and I finally had to reformat.

[ardi]

Fixed!!! No damage

This is a new worm, only discovered on May 20. Norton can now deal with it if you have the latest virus definitions. I was just unfortunate to get it before the update was out on the 21st. There is a whole page devoted to it on their site.

One lesson learned: I didn't have to edit manually the changes the worm made to my registry. System Restore did it automatically for me. Discovered this while thrashing around trying to fix it myself.

Thanks to all who responded with help.