Virus Question

I have a virus, somewhere in my Win2000 PC, called mshtml3.exe. I
can't find the file to remove it. My virus software, AVG, identifies
the virus as a "trojanhorsedownloader.generic.EVK, but can't delete
it. I have found some very involved instructions for removing the
virus.

Question:

Can I just reformat the partition, or zero out the entire HD and
eliminate the virus? That would be much easier than trying to save
the currently installed OS.

Thanks for helpful suggestions.

BG


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Relevant Pages

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    ... Hi Ron - No, if you've already let A2 clean things, then ... But of course running this and using the HiJackThis ... At www.virustotal.com the AVG was the day's before AVG ... AVG 718 06.14.2005 no virus found ...
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