Message for Bin Man and other Techys

[Guest guest]

It happened again - when I turned my computer on there was a little

message box which said, and I quote;

HTML Application

(Yellow triangle containing an '!')

Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft says not today!

and an " OK " box, which when clicked got rid off it, but closed down

the whole kaboosh. It started up normally afterwards, as before.

What on earth is this - it happened a few weeks/months ago and half

scared me witless - I thought I had a virus.

Have I? Or is it my Anti-Virus (Norton) telling me that it had found

something?

TIA

Ruth

[Guest guest]

> It happened again - when I turned my computer on there was a little

> message box which said, and I quote;

>

> HTML Application

>

> (Yellow triangle containing an '!')

>

> Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft says not today!

>

> and an " OK " box, which when clicked got rid off it, but closed down

> the whole kaboosh. It started up normally afterwards, as before.

>

> What on earth is this - it happened a few weeks/months ago and half

> scared me witless - I thought I had a virus.

yes, you have a virus. But don't panic. Viruses are not magic. It is called

Kak (a variant of kakworm). See

http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=10509 for details or

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/dyn/11675.html for Symantec's (they own

Norton) take on it.

Details sent direct.

....

Oh dear, I hadn't even noticed you addressing me in the subject until just now.

Am I that obvious?

james

[Guest guest]

>

> yes, you have a virus. But don't panic. Viruses are not magic.

It is called Kak (a variant of kakworm). See

http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=10509 for details or

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/dyn/11675.html for Symantec's

(they own Norton) take on it.

>

> Details sent direct.

>

> ...

>

> Oh dear, I hadn't even noticed you addressing me in the subject

until just now. Am I that obvious?

>

> james

I spotted straightaway that you are worth your weight in gold on this

list - you have it all, a male point of view which is invaluable to

us all AND you are a whizz with the computer and all it's

quirks ))!! I'm amazed (again) at the ease with which you are able

to help, but dismayed that I do have a virus on my computer. Will it

be okay just to ignore it (as it only crops up on the 1st of each

month - and my DH will be home a few days after the next one is due,

so he can help me to follow the instructions on the sites you

suggested - or will it turn nasty if I leave it again; I've had it

since last month). Was it a co-incidence that Virgin wouldn't let me

onto the Internet for most of today or is that the virus too?

BTW, how is Eva? Hope she is okay and DW too of course!

Ruth (the non-computer minded...)

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> <snip> ....dismayed that I do have a virus on my computer. Will it

> be okay just to ignore it... ...DH will be home a few days after the next one

is due,

> so he can help me to follow the instructions... or will it turn nasty if I

leave it again...

that message is the only real *payload* (what the virus does to your computer)

however, you will potentially be spreading the virus via email or newsgroups.

Is there anyone else who might be able to help with the instructions?

> Was it a co-incidence that Virgin wouldn't let me

> onto the Internet for most of today or is that the virus too?

I doubt it

> BTW, how is Eva? Hope she is okay and DW too of course!

Eva is very well thanks. DW is tired (as am I) but we are coping most days. We

learned the usefull lessons on Friday that breast does not need to be used

*every* time she cries and that she will often go to sleep after crying for a

few minutes. That is starting to make things easier to cope with