Elitper.E - Pretends to be an XP SP2 update

This new virus variant that disguises itself as a Microsoft XP SP2 update. Reading over the technical description, manually cleaning this one would require extensive work with REGEDIT due the extensive number of security setting altered. It should be noted that Microsoft never sends updates by email as you must download them or use Windows Update

Elitper.E - Pretends to be an XP SP2 update
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data...itper.e@mm.html

Subject of email: Microsoft SP2 Update Urgent Download It
Name of attachment: SP2 UPDATE.EXE