win32bagel worm problems

[desert fox]

My computer was infected with this worm. I have deleted
the files infected. When I use IE6 now I have problems
going to certain web pages and cannot access my bank
account online. It won't open link pages at different
sites. What does this worm do and can I reinstall IE6 to
fix the problem or should I format the hard drive and
start over?
..

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One can successfully delete a virus file, but that does nothing
to correct the damage to the operating system files which the
virus has already damaged.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]


If a repair install is unsuccessful, then a clean install is required:

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My computer was infected with this worm. I have deleted
| the files infected. When I use IE6 now I have problems
| going to certain web pages and cannot access my bank
| account online. It won't open link pages at different
| sites. What does this worm do and can I reinstall IE6 to
| fix the problem or should I format the hard drive and
| start over?

 

[Danny Mingledorff]

My computer was infected with this worm. I have deleted
the files infected. When I use IE6 now I have problems
going to certain web pages and cannot access my bank
account online. It won't open link pages at different
sites. What does this worm do and can I reinstall IE6 to
fix the problem or should I format the hard drive and
start over?
.

Have you checked to see if your anti-virus provider has a removal tool for
this virus? That will usually do more cleanup than just deleting infected
files.

....danny

 

[Hilary Karp]

There are some new varieties of this worm that have hit big time
recently. I would make sure you change any passwords for online banking
accounts.