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Ridding a system of the Kak worm

I have this nasty virus that I cannot get rid of. Everytime I boot my system(Windows 98), a window displaying nothing comes up and opens a file called KAK.HTA.

I tried to remove the files and other related files; but, it is recreated by some unknown source. I believe it is a nuisance virus, but who knows? It could be doing some nasty things in my system.


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Surf to one of these sites and get the complete scoop on what you need to do. This is a common virus and can be fixed with a little patience:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.fix.html
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/kak.shtml


This was first published in September 2001

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