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title: Navidad.exe
date: "2000-12-01T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2038
description: I accidentally ran the Navidad.exe virus, which crashed my system. I found a fix through a Spanish forum and Babelfish translation before discovering Symantec's official removal tool and restoring my computer's functionality.
keywords: [navidad.exe, computer virus, malware removal, babelfish, symantec, egroups]
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I received a file called Navidad.exe a few days ago and stupidly ran it. Turned out to be a virus that killed the system. Google produced no answers to searches on "Navidad.exe virus" except [a posting on egroups](http://www.egroups.com/message/rgt/72) -- in Spanish. A translation through [Babelfish](http://babelfish.altavista.com) almost yielded [readable material](http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn?lp=es_en&doit=done&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-contact.com%2Finternet%2Fseguridad%2Findex.php3) and I was able to fix it. [Symantec's AV Center](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/) has a [cure](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.navidad.html).