Mate has 'monaronadona' appearing on his screen can this be removed he has Norton 360 for protection?

Despite lack of information on the Internet, I was able to pinpoint the culprit that was causing my machine to start acting up due to the MonaRonaDona virus.

I was able to fix the problem and here is how.

The virus installs an executable SRVSPOOL.EXE in the startup folder of the all users account. Click Start/Programs/Startup, right click the SRVSPOOL.EXE entry and delete it. How to fix the header of your Internet explorer and how to re-enable taskmanager, is posted in numerous postings online.

Re-enable Task Manager: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweak...
Go to this page and try #51 from the right column. Click on "enable the task
manager."

Modify header of Internet explorer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...
(optionally, you can manually type "Microsoft Internet Explorer" to replace the string "MonaRonaDona".

After that, reboot your machine.

The virus puts a message on the screen. Aside from that, the task manager is disabled, the header of Internet Explorer is modified and when trying to open programs, those programs are shut down immediately.

Whatever you do, do NOT download and install the virus scanner named UniGray. That "scanner" is a scam, a non-working piece of software. The website tries to get you to register and pay for something that does nothing.

Hope this info helps those who come across this virus. It seems to be a brand new occurence given the lack of solutions found on the Internet.

run the scan if not search it on line for a removal tool here and norton has a huge data base

I don't think this is a virus...

There's talk about a rogue virus scanner called unigray that allegedly will remove this IE title problem... a mysterious link that takes your 40 bucks and disappears after a few days.

That being said...

The title bar of Internet Explorer can be changed to say anything by changing a registry setting.
So to change it back simply go into the regedit program
Start > Run > regedit > hit enter

and change the following entry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Main
"Window Title"=


I would recommend you backup the registry before changing anything.. this can be done under the File menu.

Most likely someone got you to click on a file that changed the registry. This is not a virus though it's clearly attempting to get you to purchase some malicious program.

As for your Norton 360... I would suggest you force a manual update and make sure it IS completely up to date and properly configure. As I always say.. scanners must be used with common sense AND safe browsing habits.

Good Luck