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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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Windows NT/2000/XP
In Windows NT/2000/XP you will also need to edit the following registry entry for each user who ran the virus. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me.
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.
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\OX
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor and reboot your computer.
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W32/MyLife-G is a Win32 worm which copies itself to the Windows system directory as ox&Wife.scr and sets the following registry value to run the copy on restart:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OX
When first executed the worm will check to see if the file ox&Wife.scr exists in the system directory. If the file does exist then a message box will be displayed with the title "KiLlLlLl aNd KiLlLlLl" and the message text "KiLlLlLl sHaRoN bY: mY lIfE 1-oVeR wRiTe 30 <==> eXtEnSiOn 2-dElEte aLl fOlDeRs (C to I) 3-LoOOoOOoL." The worm then searches local and network drives for files which have one of the following extensions :
JPG
JPEG
RM
RAM
MP3
MP2
DOC
XLS
PPT
HTM
HTML
WAV
PHP
GIF
FRM
ZIP
RAR
MPG
MPEG
ASP
TXT
PDF
PPS
MDB
RTF
VBS
JS
DBX
AVI
If a matching file is found the worm replaces the contents of the file with the text string
my lIfE
Finally the worm will attempt to delete the contents of drives C: to I:.
If the copy of the worm does not exist a window will be displayed with the title "SHARON", containing a caricature of an ox along with the text "wE*sAy*iT's*oX*tHeY*sAy*mIlK*iT*!!".
The worm then sends itself to addresses from the Outlook address book, using an email with the following characteristics:
Subject line:
ox <--> sharon
Message text:
Hi All
look to the ox caricature it's very sad
ox <===> sharon
it's funny :-)
bye
Attachments are automatically scanned for viruses using MCAFEE.COM
========No Viruse Found========
Attached file:
ox&Wife.scr
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