virus problem

My son has Norton av on his Win98se Dell desktop. He sent me the following e-mail.
Can you help me advise him please?:

I got a computer virus a few days ago, and it was
immediately quarantined...and since it was in a
temporary folder, I decided to delete it.
I have been having weird troubles with my computer
ever since.

Just tonight, I rebooted my computer, and I got the
following message in a small box...

"The C:\WINDOWS\EDLLEXE file appears to be corrupt.
Reinstall the file, then try again."

Can you help me with what I should do?

Pavan
Fri Sep 19 13:05:58 CDT 2003

If you are infected by the w32.swen.@mm worm, follow this link for removal
instructions.

https://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/swen.shtml



For more information Visit:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html



Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin E-mails:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp


--
Pavan
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions.
Please use these newsgroups to let me know if the suggestions resolved the
issue.


"CdLSRN" <ginnyrn5@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:qajab.34772$BS1.12161856@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> My son has Norton av on his Win98se Dell desktop. He sent me the following
e-mail.
> Can you help me advise him please?:
>
> I got a computer virus a few days ago, and it was
> immediately quarantined...and since it was in a
> temporary folder, I decided to delete it.
> I have been having weird troubles with my computer
> ever since.
>
> Just tonight, I rebooted my computer, and I got the
> following message in a small box...
>
> "The C:\WINDOWS\EDLLEXE file appears to be corrupt.
> Reinstall the file, then try again."
>
> Can you help me with what I should do?
>
>
>
>

Bill
Fri Sep 19 21:42:27 CDT 2003

EDLL.exe is not a part of windows.

It it quite likely that it was a virus, and deleting it is probably the
right thing to have done.

He needs to update his Norton antivirus to the latest signatures, and run a
full scan of the machine. If he has trouble understanding the report Norton
gives back, he needs to call Norton's support staff for help, or post here
giving exact details of what virus(s) were found.

It is unlikely that he has Swen, as the other reply posits. Swen was not in
the wild several days ago.

"CdLSRN" <ginnyrn5@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:qajab.34772$BS1.12161856@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> My son has Norton av on his Win98se Dell desktop. He sent me the following
e-mail.
> Can you help me advise him please?:
>
> I got a computer virus a few days ago, and it was
> immediately quarantined...and since it was in a
> temporary folder, I decided to delete it.
> I have been having weird troubles with my computer
> ever since.
>
> Just tonight, I rebooted my computer, and I got the
> following message in a small box...
>
> "The C:\WINDOWS\EDLLEXE file appears to be corrupt.
> Reinstall the file, then try again."
>
> Can you help me with what I should do?
>
>
>
>