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W32.Badtrans aka I-Worm.Badtrans aka Badtrans Removal

1. Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
2. Type regedit and then click OK. The Registry Editor opens.
3. Navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

4. In the right pane, delete the following value:

Kernel32 KERN32.EXE

5. Navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows

6. In the right pane, delete the following value:

run <path>\Inetd.exe

7. Exit the Registry editor.
8. Restart the computer.
9. Make sure you scan your computer with an updated scanner and delete any files detected as W32.Badtrans aka I-Worm.Badtrans - Badtrans. This completes the removal procedure for users of Windows NT/2000 with NTFS.

To edit the Win.ini file:
If you are running Windows 95/98/Me, you must also do the following:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type the following and then click OK:

edit c:\windows\win.ini

NOTE: If you have installed Windows to a different location, make the appropriate substitution.
3. In the [windows] section, locate the run= line. It will look similar to the following:

run=c:\windows\inetd.exe

4. Remove the text to the right of the = sign, so that the line now reads:

run=

5. Save your changes and exit the System Configuration Editor.

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