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Description - What virus is this? This is a HIGH RISK virus that spread via Microsoft Outlook and can be spread via ICQ. This is a mass mailing worm that attempts to send itself to all entries in the Outlook Address book. The virus will arrive with the following email message: Subject: Hi Body: How are you ? When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you I am in a harry, I promise you will love it! Attachment: GONE.SCR Running this attachment infects the local system. When run, the worm displays a message box entitled, "About" After a short time another windows entitled "Error" is displayed:

Effects - What can this virus do? If you run the attachment, the worm copies itself into SYSTEM in the %WinDir% folder and adds the following registry key in order to get started upon boot: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Run\C:\%WINDIR%\SYSTEM\gone.scr=C:\%WINDIR%\SYSTEM\gone.scr The worm also attempts to delete the following files: APLICA32.EXE ZONEALARM.EXE ESAFE.EXE CFIADMIN.EXE CFIAUDIT.EXE CFINET32.EXE PCFWallICON.EXE FRW.EXE VSHWIN32.EXE NAVW32.EXE _AVP32.EXE _AVPCC.EXE _AVPM.EXE AVP32.EXE AVPCC.EXE AVPM.EXE AVP.EXE LOCKDOWN2000.EXE ICLOAD95.EXE ICMON.EXE ICSUPP95.EXE ICLOADNT.EXE ICSUPPNT.EXE TDS2-98.EXE TDS2-NT.EXE SAFEWEB.EXE

DETECTION AND REMOVAL - How can I detect and remove this virus? Automatic Removal Norton.com has an Automatic removal utility that will remove this virus. It can be obtained from: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.goner.a@mm.removal.tool.html Manual Removal Instructions WINDOWS 95/98/ME Restart Windows in Safe Mode (reboot your computer, just before the large WINDOWS startup screen comes up, hit the F5 key). You can recognize that you're in Safe Mode by the text Safe Mode in the 4 corners of the desktop. Click START | FIND | Files or Folders ... Type Gone.scr and hit ENTER Delete GONE.SCR (if present) Click START | RUN, type REGEDIT and hit ENTER Click the (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Click the (+) next to SOFTWARE Click the (+) next to MICROSOFT Click the (+) next to WINDOWS Click the (+) next to CURRENTVERSION Click RUN Click on C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\gone.scr on the right and hit DELETE on the keyboard Restart the computer Additional Windows ME Info: NOTE: Windows ME utilizes a backup utility that backs up selected files automatically to the C:\_Restore folder. This means that an infected file could be stored there as a backup file, and VirusScan will be unable to delete these files. These instructions explain how to remove the infected files from the C:\_Restore folder. Disabling the Restore Utility 1. Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop. 2. Click on the Performance Tab. 3. Click on the File System button. 4. Click on the Troubleshooting Tab. 5. Put a check mark next to "Disable System Restore". 6. Click the Apply button. 7. Click the Close button. 8. Click the Close button again. 9. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes. NOTE: The Restore Utility will now be disabled. 10. Restart the computer in Safe Mode. 11. Run a scan with VirusScan to delete all infected files, or browse the file's located in the C:\_Restore folder and remove the file's. 12. After removing the desired files, restart the computer normally. NOTE: To re-enable the Restore Utility, follow steps 1-9 and on step 5 remove the check mark next to "Disable System Restore". The infected file's are removed and the System Restore is once again active.