"World Cup Soccer" virus?

Is there anything passing around the internet that is in anyway
connected to a program called "World Cup Soccer"? I searched Google
and saw that was the case, a few years ago.

My Windows Media Player crashed and I got an error message that said
there was no CD in the tray. True. But when I cancelled that,
another message came up. I closed it from the Windows Task Manager
but the Manager came back and said it was closing down a program
called World Cup Soccer. When it was finished, I couldn't turn off
the computer, or reboot it, either.

I know nothing about this program and wonder if it might be something
sinister.

Edw. Peach

Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Dave





"Edw. Peach" <> wrote in message
news:...
| Is there anything passing around the internet that is in anyway
| connected to a program called "World Cup Soccer"? I searched Google
| and saw that was the case, a few years ago.
|
| My Windows Media Player crashed and I got an error message that said
| there was no CD in the tray. True. But when I cancelled that,
| another message came up. I closed it from the Windows Task Manager
| but the Manager came back and said it was closing down a program
| called World Cup Soccer. When it was finished, I couldn't turn off
| the computer, or reboot it, either.
|
| I know nothing about this program and wonder if it might be something
| sinister.

David H. Lipman