By Tom Espiner
Published: Friday 27 January 2006
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Network Security Analyst
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By "So are we saying there is no fix for it?" If you mean is there no fix for the corrupted files.
If the computer is infected and if the virus triggers then files will be destroyed. The ONLY fix in this situation is to restore the files from backup. Of course everyone backs up important files.
Prior to the infection triggering file destruction the virus is EASILY cleaned.
Visit http://cme.mitre.org/data/list.html#24
And then click the link of your favorite AV vender to learn more details on the threat. At least one vendor (Symantec) has a stand alone cleaner for this threat.
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