I gave him a copy of a bootcd that I found somewhere some time ago, "UBCD4WIN". It boots a live-cd of WindowsXP from a CD, and also contains various anti-virus and anti-spyware tools and utilities. So you boot from the CD and since its a liveCD you can safely connect to the network and update the AV signatures before doing a scan and clean. Pretty handy for fixing winblows issues. -Charles Stephen wrote: > a bootable AV screen is probably going to be needed, you may find some > specific tools on mcaffe and symantec sites. > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Charles Jones > wrote: > >> What all is involved in the fix? One of my co-workers apparently got his >> laptop zapped by it. From what he said it infects the winlogon.exe, so not >> only do you have to clean the virus from loading, but you have to replace >> the winlogin.exe with a known good copy. What a pain. Personally I cannot >> believe that any mail filters still allow .exe file attachments, or that >> people would actually run a .exe file they received in email! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jamie Shackles >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us ; arnoldwilliams@cox.net ; ricky b >> ; Jill Bain ; Ricky Bezanson ; fernalena golding ; RUDY H ; Vince None ; >> Joey Prestia >> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:21 PM >> Subject: Hallmark E cards attack >> I don't know if anyone else has been receiving these ehallmark postcards, >> but *don't open it* I have been getting about 3 a day, but I saw them for >> what they were worth, and have not opened them. My parents, on the other >> hand, did open it and it took a good 3 hours to fix the computer. Nasty >> nasty virus! >> >> ~ Jamie --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss