Re: aftermath of W32/Yaha-K "Win32 worm"

From: Mark Strelecki, ACP (be6-507@nospam.strelecki.com)
Date: 12/31/02 

From: " Mark Strelecki, ACP" <be6-507@nospam.strelecki.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:51:25 -0500

Hi, John -

1. Get anti-virus NOW.

2.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.yaha.k@mm.html

3. It's a mean and nasty Internet out there. Don't travel unprotected. 

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Mark Strelecki,  ACP          BE6.XP1097.020817
Atlanta, GA. - Computing and Programming Since 1975
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"John Wilson" <jaydee.uu@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
news:08cf01c2b066$fa3204d0$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> Hi:
>
> Today I received this worm in an email. Before I knew what
> it was (I have no anti-virus software) I set about getting
> rid of it... eventually found the files in \WINNT\SYSTEM32
> and, thinking I was on the right trail, managed to get rid
> of them all (some using delete under "My computer" and
> some from within a command window).
>
> However the end result is that while my machine still
> runs, I can open virtually no application except Interner
> Explorer and My Computer - by whatever path I try... the
> error message I get is (an example):
>
> "Cannot find the file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE' (or one of its components).
> Please make sure the path and filename are correct and
> that all required libraries are available.
>
> This happens despite the fact that all the files are there!
>
> Appreciate any suggestions - thanks, John W.
>
> PS. My email programs don't work!
>
>