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Old 5th May 2000 | 14:56
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Pragmatic Advice:

If you haven't got a good anti-virus package (and without implied criticism I would strongly advise you to invest in one Real Soon Now if you haven't got one - I use Norton Anti Virus), then the following should help to get rid of LoveBug -

Use the "Find" facility from the Start Menu:

Search for MSKernel32.vbs - delete it by hitting the delete button (it will be in a Windows folder, but the name of the folder will vary depending on whether you are using Win 95/98 or NT)

Search for Win32DLL.vbs - delete it

Search for LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.* - this should bring up two, possibly three files - delete them

Search for *.*.vbs - this will bring up all the infected files (LoveBug uses a double extension). Delete them all (may be quite a lot)

Purge the Recycle Bin (Right Click and choose Empty)

Search for wscript.exe (should be in the Windows folder) and re-name it wscript.xex (that disables it - LoveBug needs this file to run the vb script). You can re-name it at a later stage if you actually need it.

You will also need to reset the home page for your browser (it nobbled IE5 and Netscape on my system - didn't find Opera)

Hope that helps - LoveBug may also have nobbled your system registry but I don't have a fix for that at this time (in any case - messing around with the registry is not for the faint hearted and better left to experts).

Hope that helps - Good Luck!



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