[TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
- From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:48:28 -0500
Howdy...
I can tell you, but the problem is, without knowing what you are doing with
these, you CAN do allot of damage. Thereby, it would serve responsibility
to only refrain from posting this information publicly.
Wolfe
-----Original Message-----
From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce Tiedeman
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:36 AM
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: That bad word suriv
What are the Utilities...
Bruce.
B&T Electronics
139 Margaret St
Sarnia Ontario
Canada
N7T 2Y3
(519) 344-1850
btied@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:20 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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