Re: gaelicum.a

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:20:06 -0500

From: "erichard777" <erichard777@discussions.microsoft.com>

| Thanks both of you guys (David and Carey).
|
| I will try David's ideas and get back.
|
| The first time I got gaelicum.a it did mess up my system so much I ended up
| doing a clean install. But it still got back in in a couple of weeks. The
| only thing that has saved me is using vcleaner as soon as it gets back in.
|
| Richard
|

Like I said , it is a True Virus in the classic sense. It infects EXE files and appends
itslef tio the EXE file and makes the EXE file approx. 4KB larger. So it spreads pretty
easily to other EXE files. You have to make sure all EXE files that you have are clean that
you have lieing around. You have to make sure that if you restore email that all email
folders and files are scanned. Otherwise you will just get re-infected.

Of course you also must make sure you are running an up-to-date AV package in "On Access"
mode where any file written or read from any media is scanned for infectors. 

-- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm