A cry from help from Rum...

Anyone kind enough to talk me through removing the following worm...

Detected as Wscript.KakWorm
Aliases VBS.Kak.Worm
Kagou-Anti-Krosoft
Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft
Infection Length 4116 bytes
Likelihood Common
Trigger Dates 1st of any month at 5 p.m.
Detected on December 27, 1999

....its frozen all email (??!!) i.e. I can't receive any mail - so if anyone can assist I'll be in the office for a while on 0113 250 0377...cheers Tom

Rum,

you can try

I've not tried Robski's link but I kept getting "Driver Memory Error" for one month - thought it was dodgy CDRW drivers, but on 1st of the month it brings up a window saying "Kagou-Anti_Kro$oft says no today" and then a dialog box which when clicked resets the computer. I searched "Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft" in altavista and it came up with a 20 (!) stage fix involving some registry editing, although you might find a program to do it for you? I did the 20 stage fix and it worked first time, but you need to download a Microsoft "fix" for Outlook express as they in their wisdom left a back door that allows e-mails to run Active-X controls unchecked! (or something like that)

It was the first I was aware that viruses could spread in the body of an e-mail as well as the attachment.

Sorry, can't remember any of the links - hope this is helpful - the fix is easy if you follow the instructions.

Check out Dr Solomons or

Aren't they fecking nuisances. These virus writers are the sort of person who is so full of their own self imp[ortance they think anybody could give a toss about them.

Just like our Cavalier driving friend, I'm afraid. Can't resist interfering in every other bugger's life. Like we care.

I got the wrning message for this from the anti virus s/w so never had to go thru the rigmarole, though it seems relatively easy to get shut of.

Cheers Guys - al your comments are appreciated - and I am now well on the way to fixing the "pesky little critter".

Thanks again - hopefully work email will be back up and running sometime tommorrow...in the meantime anyone wanting to contact me should call the office from 07.30 03/10//00 - 0113 250 0377.

Cheers again

Tom

Cheers All,

Everything sorted now.

All comments appreciated.

Thanks again

Tom

I got the exact same thing. Driver error and then 1st of the month a daft box saying not today..........

Wouldn't ya just love to give the people who make these things a good sound kicking.....
In the name of good Christian love of course :-)