Characteristics
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Allows others to access the computer
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Uses its own emailing engine
Affected Operating Systems
Recovery Instructions:
Please follow the instructions for disinfecting pe viruses.
If you are running Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, version 6.0, you should follow our instructions for removing worms.
If you use any of our other products for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and Windows 95/98/Me you will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to any file you deleted.
Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:
HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\
and remove any reference to any file you deleted.
Close the registry editor.
For all other platforms, please follow our instructions for removing worms.