Gaobot Virus

[bmilton3705]

I just received this machine for a friend. It has Windows
XP Professional. It is also carring the Gaobot Virus.
I'm trying to find out how to get ride of this virus. I
have Norton 2004 which I used to scan the machine but it
was unable to detect the virus. I did get an alert when I
brought the machine up on the web that the Gaobot virus
had been detected. But several other scans have not
reviled the presents of the virus. I tried going to
microsoft's
htp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vebc/data/w32
..gaobot.removal site which is unavailable. Can someone
advise.

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
I just received this machine for a friend. It has Windows
XP Professional. It is also carring the Gaobot Virus.
I'm trying to find out how to get ride of this virus. I
have Norton 2004 which I used to scan the machine but it
was unable to detect the virus. I did get an alert when I
brought the machine up on the web that the Gaobot virus
had been detected. But several other scans have not
reviled the presents of the virus. I tried going to
microsoft's
htp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vebc/data/w3 2
..gaobot.removal site which is unavailable. Can someone
advise.
.

Try the site again I had no trouble getting there.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.gaobot.removal.tool.html

 

[Jerry Abrams]

Try the site again I had no trouble getting there.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.gaobot.removal.tool.html

This virus modifies your HOSTS file, probably the reason you can't get
to the site to find removal information. The only thing that normally
needs to be in your HOSTS file is 127.0.0.1 localhost

 

[randy]

The virus is blocking you from accesing virus scan sites try going to
pnadsoftware.com and run a scan from there.. THis virus is known to block
onlline scanning except for pandasoftware.com

Try the site again I had no trouble getting there.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.gaobot.removal.tool.html

This virus modifies your HOSTS file, probably the reason you can't get
to the site to find removal information. The only thing that normally
needs to be in your HOSTS file is 127.0.0.1 localhost[/QUOTE]