What computer virus disables virus protection programs as part of its
symptoms?

I am unable to run AVG pro or Norton Anti-virus 2002---both
crash--even after being uninstalled and reinstalled. Everything else
"seems" to be working.

Hi Dwilder20-ga,

The latest virus out now called W32.Klez disables many virus
protection programs from memory.

Interactive tutorials (in flash) to remove the Klez virus [
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/virusremoval/virusremoval_info_tutorial.html
]

W32.Klez and W32.ElKern (the other virus Klez drops) Removal Tool [
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.removal.tool.html
]

How to restore Norton Anti Virus after removing the Klez virus [
http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001120816371506 ]

Information and removal help for W32.Klez.H@mm [
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@mm.html ]

You will want to download the security patch from Microsoft (stops
emails from automatically openning without even clicking on the
attachment) [ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp
]

Here are some extra sites which you may want to read :

McAfee W32/Klez.h@MM Virus Alert [
http://www.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?docid=68165&CategoryId=60304
]

McAfee / NAI W32/Klez.h@MM Virus Information Library [
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99455.htm ]

Feel free to ask for clarification on anything if needed.

Thankyou for choosing Google Answers! - Best of luck!

mistajon-ga

According to MessageLabs (http://www.messagelabs.com/) the Klez.H worm
is officially the most prolific virus-like program to have appeared so
far (article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25461.html),
so if you *have* been infected by it, don't feel too bad -- you're not
alone!