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212136 2004-02-01 10:15:00 Boy am i having troubles.
I am running win2k. Netscape. AVG antivirus (out of date by 8 days)
AVG has found a virus called worm/lovsan A (MSLAUGH.exe)3 times in the last few days.
Each time it "heals" it, but it seems to keep coming back.
The problems I have found are that i cant disconnect my modem, start/search/files&folders doesnt work, and wierd things happen in my computer when I try to look at files (whole directories cannot be seen even when I select"show hidden/system files".
Also, AVG will not allow me update itself, it gives me a message that it cannot establish a connection to the internet.
Can this all be the work of a worm/virus?

Any ideas?
ptopz (4662)
212137 2004-02-01 10:26:00 Sure is malware - look here

www.f-secure.com

Good luck
Martina (4232)
212138 2004-02-01 10:30:00 it sounds like one of the msblast worms. did you get the correct spelling as theres nothing list by avg.

is your windows updates upto date?

have you got a firewall installed?

"Windows 2000 users won't see the timer. However, they might see other effects from the RPC exploit. Such as:

1. Problems when creating email messages at least in Outlook and Outlook Express
2. Visual problems with Control panel
3. Add/Remove Programs does not work
4. Drag & Drop function does not work
5. Copy / Paste function does not work
6. some executables don't work
7. Problems with javascript
8. Some programs won't Save at all"
tweak'e (174)
212139 2004-02-01 10:32:00 Martina
google is good :). I came up with the same link. There is also a removal tool there for lovsan
beama (111)
212140 2004-02-01 10:34:00 Just a note about AVG updating - I sometimes get that message if im using a lot of bandwidth (56k) and it doesn't go away for a while - you can always download the updates manually from www.grisoft.com and put them in your UPDATE folder. HadO (796)
212141 2004-02-01 10:44:00 Thanks for that. I have just downloaded some stuff from a2 which is scanning as i speak. ptopz (4662)
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