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Hi,

This is my first posting on Malwarebytes. Hopefully someone can give me a simple answer to a (hopefully) simple question. I did a scan about 2 weeks ago when Malwarebytes reported 1 infection. I quarantined it and since then my external HD has been having trouble updating itself. The 'infection' was a Rootkit file called $NtServicePackUninstall$\atapi.sys. Can anyone tell me if this is really a virus? If not, will clicking Restore put the file back where it belongs? The computer seems to run fine except the external HD issue.

I am running XP Service Pack 3.

Thanks for all your help.

Rob

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