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Virus Information Center
WORM_MYLIFE.G
Virus type: Worm
Destructive: Yes
Aliases:
MYLIFE
Description:
This worm deletes an entire drive. It modifies the
registry so that it executes upon system restart. On
its first execution, it displays a caricature figure.
Solution:
Note: These procedures are applicable when the
infection is on its preliminary stage. That is
when the infected attachment was just executed and
no system restart has been performed. Otherwise,
this will no longer be effective and the only way
to recover from the damage that this worm has done
is to restore from backup or from a system reformat.
1) Click Start, and then click on Run.
2) After the Run dialog box appears, type
regedit
on the input box provided and press the Enter key.
3) As soon as the Registry Editor window’s appears, locate the key below:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run
4) In the right pane, look for the value below:
“OX “="%System%\ox&Wife.scr”
Note: %System% is a variable which represents the Windows System directory.
5) Click on these value if it exist and press the DEL key to delete it.
6) Scan your PC for viruses at
www.antivirus.ie/index.mv?free_scan=1
delete all files detected as WORM_MYLIFE.G.
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