Re: W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen part II

From: Perran James (James_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:05:01 -0800

Could you also send me that email regarding removing these persistant
viruses- thank you.

"Arika Peterson" wrote:

> I have also obtained the virus listed in the subject line, but my Antivirus
> software detected the virus but says that it cannot repair it. How do I get
> rid of this?
>
> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
>
> > If you email me I will provide you with another option. The reason I can't post it publicly
> > is due to licensing issues.
> >
> > Just remove ~nospam~.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "etham" <etham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:67FF789E-0F29-434B-91F8-6CC13DFA4939@microsoft.com...
> > | *UPDATE*
> > |
> > | I was wrong about Kaspersky AV catching the virus. It apparently only caught
> > | a variant of it called Agobot or something named like that. The virus remains
> > | and I am once again out of options.
> >
> >
> >

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