W32.SpyBot.Worm

[Larry Sciblo]

Hey guys I can not get rid of this thing and do not see
any patches for this worm. HELP!!!!

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

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.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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http://dts-l.org/index.html


"Larry Sciblo" > wrote in message
...
> Hey guys I can not get rid of this thing and do not see
> any patches for this worm. HELP!!!!

[Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\)]

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.

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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 - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Larry Sciblo" > wrote in message
...
> Hey guys I can not get rid of this thing and do not see
> any patches for this worm. HELP!!!!