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nuclei · 08-28-2001, 12:53 PM

Ugh this suckers nasty
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=mn_hd

Amputate Your Head · 08-28-2001, 01:13 PM

TAKE NOTE OF THIS! I am, as we speak, talking with my brother through email to help him nuke this fuckin' thing on his system. We were goin' crazy trying to figure out what the hell, because the antivirus scanners will not pick it up. Well, looks like we found it.

THANK YOU NUC!

[This message has been edited by Amputate Your Head (edited 08-28-2001).]

nuclei · 08-28-2001, 01:17 PM

Amutate,

then you will love this. I am not sure where it is, but the registry is backed up after each change. If you can find the backup you can simply restore it I would think to fix the registry. I am not that familliar with windows systems, but this should work.

Gary · 08-28-2001, 01:24 PM

So you get an email with a link title START and you click on it and you get the virus. Ok, so who would click a link like that if it showed up in their email box? Are there people who will click anything put in front of them to see where it goes? And it can only be spread by forwarding it to people. LOL

nuclei · 08-28-2001, 01:25 PM

Okay, I have been told you can just boot Dos and type: scanreg /r to restore the registry backup.

Apparently it will then show a screen with the last 5 backups and the dates they were made to choose from to restore.

Hope this helps guys.

Amputate Your Head · 08-28-2001, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gary:
Ok, so who would click a link like that if it showed up in their email box? Are there people who will click anything put in front of them to see where it goes?

Yes... there are. Surfers that don't know any better. Like my brother.

Gemini · 08-28-2001, 01:31 PM

Restoring the reg from backups only work as long as you haven't rebooted 5 times. Each reboot rotates the backups down the list. You *can* reset this to hold more than 5 backups, but I don't remember how.

Setting it higher is a good idea since most people seem to want to try a reboot several times to fix a problem. You could reboot yourself right out of a viable copy!

Amputate Your Head · 08-28-2001, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gemini:
You could reboot yourself right out of a viable copy!

hehehe.... oops. He's not gonna like this info.

jimmyf · 08-28-2001, 01:48 PM

Am sure there are 10' of 1,000's of people
that would click on it.
After all there are 10's of 1,000,000,000's
of people on the Internet.

I do online software maintenance and you would not believe some of the shit I go through and the software I maintain is very simple to use (does alot) but simple to use.

And then when you have them goto Dos
and start typing command's, (on that point I
bet most of the people on this board would have to be held by the hand like a little baby) give it up Jack. I have to
deal with people that have not gone as far in
school as me and am a 5th grade drop out.

Jim

Amputate Your Head · 08-28-2001, 10:08 PM

Update:
We ended up reformatting my bro's system to kill this thing. I fuckin' hate virus bullshit.

------------------

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

The Hun · 08-29-2001, 03:41 AM

It's the same flaw abused by people who install bookmarks, change homepages or install dialers so people connect to the Internet without knowing it at 3-7 bucks a minute...

08-28-2001, 12:53 PM	#1
nuclei old school fart Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,015	New Virus Ugh this suckers nasty http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=mn_hd

08-28-2001, 01:13 PM	#2
Amputate Your Head There can be only one Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 39,075	TAKE NOTE OF THIS! I am, as we speak, talking with my brother through email to help him nuke this fuckin' thing on his system. We were goin' crazy trying to figure out what the hell, because the antivirus scanners will not pick it up. Well, looks like we found it. THANK YOU NUC! [This message has been edited by Amputate Your Head (edited 08-28-2001).]

08-28-2001, 01:17 PM	#3
nuclei old school fart Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,015	Amutate, then you will love this. I am not sure where it is, but the registry is backed up after each change. If you can find the backup you can simply restore it I would think to fix the registry. I am not that familliar with windows systems, but this should work.

08-28-2001, 01:24 PM	#4
Gary Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kimmykims couch Posts: 6,110	So you get an email with a link title START and you click on it and you get the virus. Ok, so who would click a link like that if it showed up in their email box? Are there people who will click anything put in front of them to see where it goes? And it can only be spread by forwarding it to people. LOL

08-28-2001, 01:25 PM	#5
nuclei old school fart Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,015	Okay, I have been told you can just boot Dos and type: scanreg /r to restore the registry backup. Apparently it will then show a screen with the last 5 backups and the dates they were made to choose from to restore. Hope this helps guys.

08-28-2001, 01:31 PM	#7
Gemini Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: o-HI-o Posts: 7,183	Restoring the reg from backups only work as long as you haven't rebooted 5 times. Each reboot rotates the backups down the list. You can reset this to hold more than 5 backups, but I don't remember how. Setting it higher is a good idea since most people seem to want to try a reboot several times to fix a problem. You could reboot yourself right out of a viable copy!

08-28-2001, 01:48 PM	#9
jimmyf OU812 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: California Posts: 12,651	Am sure there are 10' of 1,000's of people that would click on it. After all there are 10's of 1,000,000,000's of people on the Internet. I do online software maintenance and you would not believe some of the shit I go through and the software I maintain is very simple to use (does alot) but simple to use. And then when you have them goto Dos and start typing command's, (on that point I bet most of the people on this board would have to be held by the hand like a little baby) give it up Jack. I have to deal with people that have not gone as far in school as me and am a 5th grade drop out. Jim

08-28-2001, 10:08 PM	#10
Amputate Your Head There can be only one Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 39,075	Update: We ended up reformatting my bro's system to kill this thing. I fuckin' hate virus bullshit. ------------------ OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

08-29-2001, 03:41 AM	#11
The Hun Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,207	It's the same flaw abused by people who install bookmarks, change homepages or install dialers so people connect to the Internet without knowing it at 3-7 bucks a minute...