I am having a problem removing a trojan I received from an .exe file I attempted to download. I intially attempted to install the .exe and received an error message informing me that the file was corrupted. I ran my Anti-Virus client and found a trojan horse titled "svc host." The file is not allowing me to simply delete it and the client cannot clean or quarantine it. As this relates to limewire, presumably because of the virus, everytime I attempt to close limewire it re-opens again. I uninstalled limewire and it still attempts to open the program. I am just looking for any ideas on how to clean the virus from my system and get limewire to stop trip an auto-startup every two seconds.
Thanks,
~chris



The following is the error report I receive when Limewire attempts an unwarranted auto-restart:
LimeWire version 4.12.6
Java version 1.5.0_06 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 2789848/4128768

com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid themes.jar
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:275)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:48)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)

STARTUP ERROR!

-- listing properties --
WINDOW_Y=0
WINDOW_X=0
PORT=8886
TOTAL_CONNECTION_TIME=639036996
RUN_ON_STARTUP=false
UPDATE_DELAY=252000020
UPDATE_GIVEUP_FACTOR=49
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
INSTALLED=true
UI_LIBRARY_TREE_DIVIDER_LOCATION=122
HARD_MAX_UPLOADS=3
AVERAGE_UPTIME=17935
TOTAL_UPTIME=1219615
MIN_CONNECT_TIME=7
CONTENT_AUTHORITIES=fserv1.limewire.com:10000
UPDATE_STYLE=1
COUNTRY=
TREE_NODE_PREFIXES=n
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1161048160000
APP_WIDTH=800
SESSIONS=69
SHOW_TOTD=false
UPLOAD_SPEED=95
UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=1
ALLOW_PARTIAL_SHARING=false
LAST_ACCEPTABLE_BUG_VERSION=4.12.5
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.010519233
UPDATE_RETRY_DELAY=1800001
CONNECTION_SPEED=1000
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1161046224500
TOTAL_CONNECTIONS=26
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Mr. Ingasm\...
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=10
UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY=14400001
MINIMUM_SEARCH_SPEED=350
RUN_ONCE=true
AVERAGE_CONNECTION_TIME=24578346
APP_HEIGHT=600
EVIL_HOSTS=Bear
FREELOADER_ALLOWED=76
DAAP_ENABLED=false
DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Mr. Ingasm\...
LAST_GWEBCACHE_FETCH_TIME=1161046247468
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
FILTER_SPAM_RESULTS=0.83
CLIENT_ID=D4EA7E2B7505FCDDD12C46852F37F900
PLAYER_ENABLED=false
PARALLEL_SEARCH=8
FLUSH_DELAY_TIME=25
CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_ACTIVE=true
IDLE_CONNECTIONS=2
CONNECTION_VIEW_ENABLED=true



FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\limewire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032804
SIZE: 307949

C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032851
SIZE: 459988

C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032867
SIZE: 59154

C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032898
SIZE: 355370

C:\Program Files\limewire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032929
SIZE: 388504

C:\Program Files\limewire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1156261551091
SIZE: 12279

C:\Program Files\limewire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032945
SIZE: 25678

C:\Program Files\limewire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032992
SIZE: 741440

C:\Program Files\limewire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033007
SIZE: 94430

C:\Program Files\limewire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033023
SIZE: 136693

C:\Program Files\limewire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033054
SIZE: 255016

C:\Program Files\limewire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033070
SIZE: 69306

C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1156261555747
SIZE: 159744

C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032679
SIZE: 7117582

C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1156261553326
SIZE: 40960

C:\Program Files\limewire\log4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033117
SIZE: 677952

C:\Program Files\limewire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033148
SIZE: 630634

C:\Program Files\limewire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999032757
SIZE: 2951044

C:\Program Files\limewire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1156999033164
SIZE: 40064

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