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Subject: Re: [motm] Watch out for the I LOVE YOU virus

From: Steven McFarling <steve@...>
Date: 2000-05-04

I know this is the MOTM list, but please bear with those of us who are
destroyed by this crap. There is a GREAT page on the cleanup at:
http://www.thepope.org/index.pl?node_id=140

So far only a few instances of actual infection here, however this cleanup
procedure contained EXACTLY what we found on infected machines.

HTH
Steve


> One thing you must be careful of, even if you do remove the worm. after a
> reboot the worm will download a file from a server in the philippinescalled
> WIN-BUGFIX.EXE, this file is another worm used to collect IP and password
> data from your computer and email it back to the creator of this worm. This
> is similar but not the same as the clarissa virus, And users of Lotus Notes
> and other non MS mail programs still have to worry about the other effects.
> -Nate
>