[TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
- From: "Clancy Harms" <dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:28:31 -0500
This is from Clancy;
I have tried everything!
It still keeps popping up. I know now...it's in my network system
peer-to-peer (coax)
Clancy Harms,
Dick's Radio & TV, Inc.
2319 West Clay St. "Aim high men"
St. Charles, MO. 63301 "they're on camels"
(636)-724-5055
(636)-724-5531 fax
email: dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:51 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:13 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
>
>
>
> Thanks Jose.
> I just found out the suriv is now on my shop computer through networking.
> Same problem, Norton won't get rid of it. So I may download PCillin 2000
> tomorrow and give it a try. Norton has been pretty good so far, but does
not
> seem to do anything for this worm.
> Another dead give away on this suriv is that it won't allow you to
download
> and install Microsoft updates.
>
> -Ed-
> Tel-Tek Electronics
> Ontario-Canada
> teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jose.aviles5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:21 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
>
>
> >
> > Ed:
> >
> > I had the same problem when this bugbear first appear at forum. I had
just
> > upgrade to windows me but since the only place i go to read mail is
> > techassist i did`nt bother to install an anti virus. But what i notice
> > strange from the e-mail was that there where too many attachment but i
did
> > not pay them any mind and open them anyway. about a day or so my
computer
> > started acting all bezerk and i thought that window me was the problem
so
> i
> > reformat the drive and start all fresh again. once again i log in to the
> > forum and kaboom the same problem. I then went and install norton and
> norton
> > caught the virus but could not clean them, delete them but quaritine.
but
> i
> > did not want it in my system so i try to delete them but norton could
not
> > delete also so i remove norton and install PC cillin 2000. now pc cillin
> > caught the files that were infected and send to quarintine and from
there
> i
> > remove them. Now i went back to the list and just to see is this
> attachment
> > were the one with the virus PC cillin caught them right away and send it
> to
> > quarintine. That how i knew that the virus was coming or sneking into
the
> > forum. Now i don`t worry too much because i know that what ever is
> infected
> > it will be detected. So i rely more in PC cillin 2000 than norton. I`m
not
> > saying that norton is not a good anti-virus but there hundred of other
> > anti-virus that works. And you don`t need to upgrade the program because
> it
> > upgrade itself once or twice a week. Sorry that i wrote too much but i
> need
> > it to express my experience with this damn suriv.
> >
> >
> > God bless you all
> >
> >
> > Jose
> > Aviles Computer & TV Repairs
> > 508 Bingaman St
> > Reading, PA
> > Fax # 1-610-375-3766
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Clancy Harms" <dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 4:19 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Wolfe,
> > > Why not elaborate? I am infected (not too bad yet)
> > > I would like some guidance
> > > Thanx
> > >
> > > Clancy Harms,
> > > Dick's Radio & TV, Inc.
> > > 2319 West Clay St. "Aim high men"
> > > St. Charles, MO. 63301 "they're on camels"
> > > (636)-724-5055
> > > (636)-724-5531 fax
> > > email: dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:20 AM
> > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Howdy...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It may have been easier to fix if you had contacted a certified
> service
> > > > professional. By using 2 utilities, I could have most likely guided
> you
> > > > through fixing the problem. One of these utilities would have
> replaced
> > > the
> > > > infected files, and the other would have restored the registry
> database
> > to
> > > > fix its ability to infect other files.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wolfe Strickland, MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, CompTIA A+
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tel-Tek
> Electronics
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:06 PM
> > > > To: Gary McCartney
> > > > Cc: TechAssist
> > > > Subject: [TechAssist] That bad word suriv
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gary;
> > > > Just got that W32.Opaserv.worm this weekend, Could not shake it,
> Norton
> > > > could not repair, and only put it into quarantine, This is the virus
> > that
> > > > affects networking capabilities. I spent the whole weekend trying to
> > > > eradicate it, manually getting rid of it. Nothing worked. Even
> > downloaded
> > > a
> > > > "patch" from Symantec.
> > > > Nothing worked..finally I had to get rid of my Windows ME,
format
> my
> > > "C"
> > > > drive and re-install. A real pain.
> > > > This was a computer that my wife was using, and since I bought
her
> a
> > > new
> > > > one for her birthday, it just sat for a couple of weeks. I thought
> that
> > I
> > > > would use it as a backup to store my shop files, but did not do an
> > update
> > > on
> > > > the Norton files first. That's were it all started.
> > > > Everytime I did a "scan" it went from 3 files contaminated to 6
> then
> > > 9.
> > > > This is a networking virus, and I was lucky that the info I had on
> this
> > > > computer was either backed up, or retrievable.
> > > > I feel sorry for any shops that have their computers networked, and
> > start
> > > > sending this virus to each other.
> > > > Someone out there really wants to see these systems not work.
> > > > Just thought I would pass this on, as a point of interest, and
beware.
> > Do
> > > > your updates on your AV, on a constant. As I mentioned, this
computer
> > only
> > > > sat for a couple of weeks.
> > > > Anyway...these were 2 wasted days of trying to recover the
system,
> > and
> > > > finally doing the "no no" and re-install.
> > > >
> > > > -Ed-
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tel-Tek Electronics
> > > > Ontario-Canada
> > > > teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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