L Larry Sciblo Aug 25, 2003 #1 Hey guys I can not get rid of this thing and do not see any patches for this worm. HELP!!!!
J Jupiter Jones [MVP] Aug 25, 2003 #2 Larry; Follow this to get rid of it: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html To help prevent viruses in the future, install an anti virus application. Update it weekly. Run it at least weekly. Also install ALL Critical Windows Updates Start/All Programs/Windows Update.
Larry; Follow this to get rid of it: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html To help prevent viruses in the future, install an anti virus application. Update it weekly. Run it at least weekly. Also install ALL Critical Windows Updates Start/All Programs/Windows Update.
L Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) Aug 26, 2003 #3 Info on removing Spybot at: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Special thanks go to Doug Knox MS-MVP for the following workaround: Do the following: Click Start, Run and enter CMD to open a Command Prompt window. Then copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window. COPY %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr.exe %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr1.exe COPY %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.EXE %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.COM COPY %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG1.EXE Then you can use the new file names to get into these utilities to use them to help your troubleshooting. -- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone -
Info on removing Spybot at: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Special thanks go to Doug Knox MS-MVP for the following workaround: Do the following: Click Start, Run and enter CMD to open a Command Prompt window. Then copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window. COPY %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr.exe %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr1.exe COPY %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.EXE %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.COM COPY %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG1.EXE Then you can use the new file names to get into these utilities to use them to help your troubleshooting. -- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone -
