If I didn't run the .exe am I okay?

Sandy

Andy wrote:

> Please note: this has nothing to do with any Wobbling in California.
>
> I've just got the following message from my webmaster concerning one of the
> mapinfo recent mail postings.
> 'A mail message with subject "MI photogrammetric querry" has been found
> containing
> a virus - This virus is like W32/Ska !!!'
>
> W32/Ska may be best known to everyone as Happy99.exe and heres the
> methodology to kill it from your system
>
> Removal Instructions
> A command line tool designed for Win95/Win98 systems is available to remove
> the worm from your system(s):
> http://www.avertlabs.com/public/stand_alone/RMSKA.ZIP
> It performs the necessary steps of renaming and removing files that are
> listed in the manual steps below:
> SHUTDOWN | Restart to MS-DOS mode
> Change directories to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
> Copy WSOCK32.SKA to WSOCK32.DLL
> Delete the files SKA.EXE and SKA.DLL
> Move the file LISTE.SKA to the desktop for editing
> Restart Windows
> The MS-DOS instructions to do this are as follows (it is inferred to press
> the [ENTER] key after each line of instruction)
> CD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
> COPY WSOCK32.SKA WSOCK32.DLL /y
> DEL SKA.???
> MOVE LISTE.SKA C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\SKALIST.TXT
> EXIT
> As a final cleanup, the worm also creates the registry entry that can either
> be ignored or corrected. The registry entry is in this location:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
> Ska.exe="Ska.exe"
> The tool RMSKA.EXE will remove this registry entry for you.
>
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