help with removal of a .pif or somthing virus?

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edited June 2006 in Spyware & Virus Removal
ok yea im retarded i got it i can take public humility so now that that's over i have a problem its a .pif virus/trojan/evil thing on my computer...so i was talking to somone on aim, and he sudenly went to away....it read click here and download, it then had in hyperlink text ttp://71.232.166.54/katie****ing.pif...so i trusted my friend and assumed it was not anything bad for my computer open and saved it then my computer was well looked normal but i couldnt use any of my virus removal/scanning software, and i couldnt go to task manager, and when i used the internet (i use both firefox and iE ver.6) i would go look up this virus through symantec, but suddenly the window would close and a flashing prompt of "hibernate" "shut down" and "restart"...if anyone has any information please help thank you
running windows xp SP2 on an intel pentium 4

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  • jmoney3457jmoney3457 Maine
    edited June 2006
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