Microsoft KB Archive/283109

= Multimedia Files on Your Hard Disk May Move to Another Folder and May Be Renamed =

Article ID: 283109

Article Last Modified on 10/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q283109



SYMPTOMS
You may discover that multimedia files on your hard disk are missing from their original location and the files may be renamed with &quot;change atleast now to LINUX&quot; in the file name extension. You may also discover that e-mail messages that you send contain an attachment named Creative.exe when the messages are received; however, you did not send the Creative.exe attachment with the message.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if your computer is infected with the W32/ProLin@MM virus, also known as TROJ_SHOCKWAVE.A, CREATIVE, TROJ_PROLIN.A, Creative.exe, I-Worm.Creative, Prolin-Shockwave, TROJ_SHOCKWAVE, and W32.Prolin.



RESOLUTION
If you suspect that your computer is infected with a virus, you should obtain current antivirus software from a vendor who is commercially involved in virus detection and removal to resolve this issue. For a list of suppliers (vendors) of antivirus software, view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

49500 List of Antivirus Software Vendors

Note that Microsoft does not offer software for computer-virus detection or removal.

Additional query words: prolin creative anti virus creative.exe av antivirus anti-virus kbvirus

Keywords: kbenv kbnofix kbprb kbvirus KB283109

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