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'Killing one bird with two stones... (well, not everyone's a great shot !)
no idea <dane@baydolphin.com.au> wrote in message news:39861953@grissom...
> no it was posted to this newsgroup by some guy who didnt understand the
> perils of posting in html..
>
> it wasnt through email.
>
> dane
>
>
> Robp2001 <emails@pearls.com> wrote in message
news:8m2ue1$6ki$1@gxsn.com...
> > you dident get the KAK virus from this Ng, unless you picked up a HTML
> > message, because the kak virus is a html virus, these posts are plain
> text.
> >
> > almost certain it was from a email.
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> > 'Killing one bird with two stones... (well, not everyone's a great shot
!)
> > Dane Allison <s358148@student.uq.edu.au> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.OSF.4.21.0007311345490.14998-100000@student.uq.edu.au...
> > >
> > > I got this virus from this newsgroup - reinstalled windows but it came
> > > back through the emails i had backed up. (after mcafee tells me it has
> > > fixed it)
> > >
> > > It seems that the only way to beat it is to spend  few hours working
out
> > > what it does - the virus is quite simple, infact you will find it
quite
> > > clever when you work out what it does..
> > >
> > > Just search for *.kak;kak.* in search and there will be a file inyour
> > > system directory that is a .reg file. this is where the virus edits
your
> > > registry every time you boot. read it with notepad and delete the
> entries
> > > it makes, and delete the file. Delete any other .kak files or
> kak.whatever
> > > aswell, they are not needed by anything but the virus. The virus also
> > > edits your autoexec.bat every time you boot.. and puts your old one as
> > > ae.kak.. so you want to rename ae.kak as autoexec.bat, and overwrite
the
> > > old one.
> > >
> > > I followed the instructions on a web site posted by someone last time
> this
> > > virus hit this group, and it didnt work, so try fixing it yourself..
> > >
> > > oh yeah and remember to make sure you have windows set to show all
> files,
> > > because most of the virus files are hidden..
> > >
> > > I know this probably makes hardly any sense - but it was a few weeks
ago
> i
> > > fixed it now, so i am trying to remember ..
> > >
> > > Good Luck !!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Marsh wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've just reinstalled Windows 98 and towards the end of start up I
get
> a
> > > > window entitled: C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\KAK.HTA.
> > > >
> > > > What is this window and why does it pop up?
> > > >
> > > > What can I do to get rid of it? Is it safe to delete?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Marsh.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > dane allison
> > > email: s358148@student.uq.edu.au
> > > ICQ: 15043255
> > > www: www.baydolphin.com.au
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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