I believe my computer was affected by some virus.
Somehow program called 'mirc.exe' has been installed. I tried to unistall
it, however problem exists. Every time after turning on my computer, the
winsow pops -up with the message:
COULD NOT LOAD OR RUN 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP\DRONA\MIRC.EXE' SPECIFIED
IN THE REGISTRY. MAKE SURE FILE EXISTS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR REMOVE THE
REFERENCE TO IT IN THE REGISTRY

Is there a way to get rid of it? please, help.
thank you

Maggie wrote:

I believe my computer was affected by some virus.
Somehow program called 'mirc.exe' has been installed. I tried to unistall
it, however problem exists. Every time after turning on my computer, the
winsow pops -up with the message:
COULD NOT LOAD OR RUN 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP\DRONA\MIRC.EXE' SPECIFIED
IN THE REGISTRY. MAKE SURE FILE EXISTS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR REMOVE THE
REFERENCE TO IT IN THE REGISTRY

Is there a way to get rid of it? please, help.
thank you

First make sure the computer is really virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Only after you've determined this, manage your startup:

Start OrbStart Search boxmsconfig [enter]

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation,
type the password, or click Continue. Then see what is on the Startup tab.
You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do you'll get
a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Usually in Vista this will be
blocked by Windows Defender and you'll need to allow it so you can then
tick the box that says in effect, "don't bother me about this again".

Important - Do not use the System Configuration Utility to stop processes.
Instead, use StartRunservices.msc [enter] and do not stop any services
unless you really, really know what you're doing.

The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/default.mspx - Autoruns

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Maggie wrote:
I believe my computer was affected by some virus.
Somehow program called 'mirc.exe' has been installed. I tried to unistall
it, however problem exists. Every time after turning on my computer, the
winsow pops -up with the message:
COULD NOT LOAD OR RUN 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP\DRONA\MIRC.EXE' SPECIFIED
IN THE REGISTRY. MAKE SURE FILE EXISTS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR REMOVE THE
REFERENCE TO IT IN THE REGISTRY

Is there a way to get rid of it? please, help.
thank you


I found this which looks interesting, as does the product that goes with
it (Link on page).

http://www.threatexpert.com/files/mirc.exe.html

There is a legitimate mirc executable, but be aware that internet relay
chat is also a good way to get people to infect themselves with trojans
etc, so look on that page about 15 lines down and you will see your
critter is clearly identified by the "DRONA" in the path name.

It's gone, you nailed it, but the registry entry that tries to run it is
still there. It won't do anything, the error message tells you that it
cannot find the file you removed, but you need to edit the registry to
stop that message.

See if anything Malke suggested gets it first.