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I anyone suspects they have been hit by this virus- Go to this link to download the removal tool-

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.netsky.b@mm.removal.tool.html

Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean infections of the following Netsky variants.

W32.Netsky.B@mm
W32.Netsky.C@mm
W32.Netsky.D@mm
W32.Netsky.E@mm
W32.Netsky.K@mm

What the tool does

The W32.Netsky@mm Removal Tool does the following:
Terminates the W32.Netsky@mm viral processes
Deletes the W32.Netsky@mm files
Deletes the registry values that the worm added

If you are running Windows Me or XP, then disable System Restore to use this tool properly. After cleaning you reinable the System Restore.

Refer to the site for more indepth information.

all well and good except i dont have it, But obviously someone with my email does and i recieve numerous emails from various people

My ISP have got it!!!
I'll PM you if I am sending an email to anyone, and I won't use my ozzy72 address until they fix the problem.
If you need to contact me then please use my osborne address.

Thanks
Ozzy

Ps. Cheers Romulus, I'm hoisting a beer in your honour at this very moment

Ps. Cheers Romulus, I'm hoisting a beer in your honour at this very moment

As if you need a reason to "hoist a beer"...lol....

I know I don't NEED an excuse, but if I have one I feel less guilty

Just don't open any attachments that have .pif on them.

I haven't been infected...What prompted this was an e-mail from a Hungry ISP fussing about me infecting one of their clients. A client that I've never heard of. The only person in Hungry I know is Ozzy (Mark). I advised him of this e-mail and to check his system. I then went to my ISP web site to check it for quarantined e-mails in my Spam filters (I wish they would just delete the damned things). The ISP also scans for viruses and flagged 10 e-mails as containing viruses. Two were from a Simviation Forum member I know and one was from webmaster@simviation. I e-mailed Pete about the one and advised the forum member. The remainder of the e-mails were from unknowns.

the problem is this virus steals the email addresses in the address book,, so it doesnt even need to infect a computer to get that persons address and use it, as long as one computer with the email and the virus has it. i have gotten various warnings that i am sending out viruses even though i dont have it on my computer and no one in my address book has recieved it from me.

the problem is this virus steals the email addresses in the address book,, so it doesnt even need to infect a computer to get that persons address and use it, as long as one computer with the email and the virus has it. i have gotten various warnings that i am sending out viruses even though i dont have it on my computer and no one in my address book has recieved it from me.

me too, and i keep receiving emails infected with it. i wish other people would keep up to date with viruses. it'd save everyone else a lot of time if everyone ran a check once every so often. no harm done is there lol.

thanks for the links mate, im checking just in case

I use Norton Systems Work 2003, it scans my system every other day and is constantly updated via auto update and I can do a live update anytime to check for anything else that is available. It scans for viruses on the net as well as all incoming and outgoing e-mails on my Outlook Express. My ISP has a virus scan as well, so I get double layered protection. That and I get e-mails daily on my Yahoo account that have viruses. I delete them with out fail. I rarely use that account to e-mail anyone...so if anything goes out from it....more than likely it's yahoo (that doesn't have virus filters like my ISP) has let a virus into their system. Net based e-mail clients are the worst for spreading viruses. They need
to use virus scanning filters like my ISP...that would also solve allot of headaches.