I've created a ticket for the following. Just trying to find out if I'm alone on this one.
The virus goes by the name win32.Agent.aazf. It is a trojan that I believe has been around since beginning of 2008.
The computer symptoms was basically loss of internet (but not network). Windows diagnostics report a corrupt winsock catalog. Restart of computer brings everything back. I thought at first it was a windows update gone bad....but wait....
Nothing much on the internet brought me to any conclusions, but for whatever reason, I downloaded Windows defender, ran a scan, and the trojan was detected and removed. I work at a school where many workstations are now exhibiting the same characteristics. On one infected machine, I downloaded AVG's free product. Found the virus and deleted it. No more symptoms. Norton scan shows nothing.
Before you ask:
The version of Norton is a corporate edition - and on some machines, it's Endpoint.
Yes, the live update shows the latest rev's and definitions.
I went to http://security.symantec.com and ran their online virus scan (which should have nothing to do with what norton product I have installed). It found nothing in a computer which had the symptoms and showed the virus present using one of the software products mentioned above.
I will certainly post any followup I have with the open case. Not looking forward to sitting on hold tomorrow waiting for a tech. If anyone has any clues, or has the same problem, I'd really like to know.
jmj