Virus KaK.hta/vbs_kakworm

[towjoe42]

Friend gave me a Micron Millennia pc.
256MB Ram
20Gig HD
Win98SE

It did not have any Antivirus Program and would not start up.
I got it started up and downloaded went to TRendMicro and ran the HOUSE call which found and cleaned the VBS_Kakworm virus.
No other virus was found.
I then downloaded AVG free Edition, updated it and ran it.
No virus was found.

Problem is:
Everytime I start or restart the pc I get a Window comes up that is called: C:windows\startmenu\programs\startupKAK.HTA

I went to Start Find and found two references to KAK and deleted them there.
I then went to the path file name above and found the one listed that comes up at startup. I also deleted it there.
But the window still comes up at start up.

The AVG web site does not have the KAK listed in their search.

IF I run AVG it does not come up with any virus called kak.

Is this window that comes up a Virus, and how do I keep it from comming up at start up every time? thanks, Joe

[Murray S.]

Howdy:

Try THIS or THIS

Murray

[Shinma]

Since your friend did not have any AntiVirus running,


IF familiar with the process,
May be more feasible to backup any of your friends' required/desired data then wipe the HDD clean for a complete fresh install...

High odds of undetected virii, trojans... and such still floating around in there.

[towjoe42]

thanks for the links. followed them, printed them out and successfully removed the virus manually.
I downloaded the automatic removal tool, but the Virus must have prevented it from opening up, as every time I tried to open it from the desktop or My download files, it would not open.
Another link on the website also was not working, everytime I clicked on it, it would bring up an error telling me my browser page had to close and did I want to re open it.

Anyway, for now it seems to be deleted. Thanks, Joe