I-worm/Mimail Removal?

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oz

Someone in my house has managed to infect the PC with the above virus...
honestly, it wasn't me!
AVG has detected the virus, but doesn't offer means to remove the thing.
Is there anyway I can remove the virus?

Thank you

Oz
 
Someone in my house has managed to infect the PC with the above virus...
honestly, it wasn't me!
AVG has detected the virus, but doesn't offer means to remove the thing.
Is there anyway I can remove the virus?

Thank you

Oz
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I had a same problem and at the time I downloaded from Symantec website.
If it s not there any more let me know. I may still have the removal tool.
 
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

BackDoor-AQJ
Bat/Mumu.worm
Exploit-DcomRpc
IPCScan
IRC/Flood.ap
IRC/Flood.bi
IRC/Flood.cd
NTServiceLoader
PWS-Narod
PWS-Sincom
W32/Bugbear@MM
W2/Deborm.worm.gen
W32/Dumaru@MM
W32/Elkern.cav
W32/Fizzer.gen@MM
W32/FunLove
W32/Klez
W32/Lirva
W32/Lovgate
W32/Lovsan.worm
W32/Mimail@MM <---------------------
W32/MoFei.worm
32/Mumu.b.worm
W32/Nachi.worm
W32/Nimda
W32/Sdbot.worm.gen
W32/SirCam@MM
W32/Sobig
W32/SQLSlammer.worm
W32/Swen@MM
W32/Yaha@MM

And their variants.

Dave
 
oz said:
Someone in my house has managed to infect the PC with the above virus...
honestly, it wasn't me!
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Yeah, sure. What was it? Gremlins?
AVG has detected the virus, but doesn't offer means to remove the thing.
Is there anyway I can remove the virus?
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....out on a limb, and taking a wild assed guess
(maybe even sticking my neck out)

Lets see, you receive a Mimail e-mail, your AV does its thing, and
your OS (ME or XP?) safeguards a copy of the malware in a special
folder. Your AV detects the malware (again) but is prevented from
taking any action due to its being in the aforementioned safeguarded
folder.

Where did AVG find this file?
Are you using Gremlin ME or Gremlin XP with the _restore folders?

If so, maybe all you will need to do is purge the restore points.

Disable restore.
Reboot
Re-enable Gremlin
Reboot again

Repeat every time "gremlins" infect (?) your computer.
 
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