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worm.Sco.a

Feb 11, 2004 4:13AM PST

I have nortons pro but it wont rid me of this pest and i cant send e-mail. what do i do?

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Re:worm.Sco.a
Feb 11, 2004 4:21AM PST

It's MyDoom.A. Sophos lists it as:

W32/MyDoom-A
Aliases Mimail.R, Novarg.A, Shimg, W32.Novarg.A_at_mm, W32/Mydoom_at_MM

In summary it does the
common "harvest e-mail addresses and remail myself" trick that we have
seen so many times now. It also installs a backdoor for remote control,
readies itself to DDoS SCO's website, and according to some
(unsubstantiated, that I can tell) reports, it installs a keystroke
logger.

http://seclists.org/lists/security-basics/2004/Jan/0404.html

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydooma.html

Run an on-line scan like Housecall:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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erolla, If You're Using Windows ME or XP...
Feb 11, 2004 5:04AM PST

...this should help you get rid of the problem virus. (It would sure help us if you told us more about your computer such as the operating system, etc.)

First, click on the link below and download the "Stinger" tool to your desktop:

McAfee Stinger Tool
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Next, temporarily disable System Restore using the instructions below:

To disable Windows XP System Restore:

1. Click Start.
2. Right-click on the ?My Computer? icon, and then click Properties.
3. Click the "System Restore" tab.
4. Check "Turn off system restore" or "Turn off system restore on all drives". Click on Apply, etc.

To disable Windows Me System Restore:

1. Click Start, point to ?Settings?, and then click ?Control Panel?.
2. Double-click the ?System? icon. The System Properties dialog box appears.

NOTE: If the System icon is not visible, click "View all Control Panel options" to display it.

3. Click the ?Performance? tab, and then click ?File System?.
4. Click the ?Troubleshooting? tab, and then check ?Disable System Restore?.

After that, restart the computer into "Safe Mode" using the instructions below:

Restart the computer, pressing the F8 key once per second, till it loads a selection screen. Use the up and down arrows to select "Safe Mode", press enter, and the computer will load into a safe mode.

Now double click on the "Stinger" file and run it repeatedly.

After everything is clean, then "re-enable" System Restore, and restart the computer.