Lawrence Glickman wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:16:55 -0500, the seventh sign
wrote:

Lee Michaels wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
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Gunner wrote:
My $#@!! kid turned off the firewall (again) and downloaded something
with a nasty malware called W32/Gaelicum.A

Its infected virtually every .exe file in both my server and my
personal computer. Im posting from my non-networked laptop.

It only effects flles with a .exe extension, but thats thousands of
files on all 4 computers on the network. There is very little info on
the net about it, AVG has only been able to detect it for a week or
so.

It appears to be a trojan of some sort.

Anyone got any suggestions of cleaning the sumbitch, other than a full
hard drive format..which means I have to format at least 14
drives...sigh

Just a heads up on the format option (should that be the rout that you
take);

Be sure to go the extra step and F Disk the drive too.
I have found that many PC Pelages will manage to dodge the format
attack, but cannot dodge the F Disk assault.

"F Disk"??

What is this?

Where do I find out more about it?


it is spelled wrong it is fdisk .
TSS

doesn't exist under Windows XP, but then gunner said he is running
linux.

Yes it does they made it a part of the original boot disk as you put
your OEM disk (Windows XP what ever the flavor) in the machine.
There is also a recovery console that you can use but talk about pain in
the ass to use. usually you have to use the CD that came with the system
to activate the recovery console then go from there.
Yes I am talking about Windows XP Pro. Like i said it is a pain in the
ass too.

you are correct in the fact it does not install fdisk to the system folder.

as for gunners Linux not working right here is what i suggest

In a console (command line with a shell)
Type "su" then enter
then your root password enter

Once done type dmesg then enter.
If you want it sent to a printer or txt file instead type "dmesg name
of text file.txt then enter for txt for printer "dmesg lpt0 or lpt1
depending on the number.
this will display more less the boot time messages and you can look for
ttyS0 or a line with ttyS in it.
Once found in the shell type " ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem" links the
modem to a place more usable by the kppp and if up and if down dialing
programs. just be sure it corresponds with the ttyS number you find in
that dmesg.

Yes i dual boot with both and they pretty much both have too many bugs
but I'll take linux any day over MS due to the fact they bought gator
and relaxed their adware / malware setting on gator software.
Once adware / malware always adware / malware. there is no excuse for it
and there is no reprieve for it!.

TSS