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Friday May 05 05:30 PM EDT

 

How To Beat the ILOVEYOU Virus

By Robert Vamosi, Help & How-To

 

New worm gives love a bad name.

 

One, do not open e-mail with the subject line "ILOVEYOU," no matter who sent

it. This is the ILoveYou virus and is very destructive. If you receive the

ILOVEYOU message, delete it from your system immediately.

 

Two, If you do receive it, delete the message and contact the person you

received the message from so he can eradicate the worm.

 

 

Three, download the free anti-virus tool to screen and eradicate the virus.

In general, always have an anti-virus software on your system and keep it

updated regularly. A rule to live by is: never open attachments included

with e-mail unless it goes through an anti-virus tool scan first. Also,

never open attachments from unknown addresses, these are often carriers of

viruses and worms.

 

Four, it is strongly recommended that if you do not use Visual Basic

scripting in the course of your work day, you should turn this option off.

To do so:

 

 

click on Settings

 

click on Add/Remove

 

click on the Windows Setup tab

 

click on Accessories to obtain the details

 

uncheck Windows Scripting Host if it is checked

 

click "ok" to save any changes

If you are infected ...

At the moment, only one anti-virus update exists to eradicate ILOVEYOU virus

from infected PCs. However, all major anti-virus software companies will be

releasing updates as they become available. Additionally, if your PC is

infected you can delete the following files from your infected system:

 

 

MSKernel32.vbs in the Windows System directory

 

 

Win32DLL.vbs in the Windows directory

 

LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU. TXT.vbs in the Windows System

 

WinFAT32.EXE in the Internet download directory

 

script.ini in the mIRC directory