Re: aftermath of W32/Yaha-K "Win32 worm"
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 01/01/03
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:48:41 -0500
I agree. The article below should fix your problem. For every virus
problem you have, the answer is almost always at www.sarc.com in the virus
knowledgebase.
www.grisoft.com is free antivirus, so there's no excuse not to.
" Mark Strelecki, ACP" <be6-507@nospam.strelecki.com> wrote in message
news:uq6ngeIsCHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP09...
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> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Strelecki, ACP BE6.XP1097.020817
> Atlanta, GA. - Computing and Programming Since 1975
> I MAKE IT GO! ©
> http://www.strelecki.com/links.html
> --------------------------------------
> "I think the sole purpose of our inventions
> is to fill our needs to be mad at something."
> Paul Roussin, August, 2002
>
>
> "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!
> >
> >
>
>
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