Virus damage

[Software_geek]

i finally just got rid of the jeefo virus(i found 577) in my system which infected all the exe files by appending to them. Now that i have got rid of the virus i can no longer run many of my setup files. can anyone tell me if it is possible to get them file running again. i have not even backed up the infected files.

Frank

[Scubar]

with that scale kind of infection it is very likely you wont be able to get your system back to fully working again without the use of system restore, it would most likely be easier to just format and reinstall the entire OS.

Edited April 28, 2006 by ScubaSteve

[LLXX]

The w32.jeefo virus just appends itself to the file and packs its resources so it doesn't work normally without the virus being active, as the virus will hook file opens and restore the resource section on-demand. Your removal program probably was unable to unpack and restore the resources section of the infected programs, thus they refuse to run.

You might need to reinfect (!) your system so that you can remove it properly. (This virus isn't particularly harmful.)

The remover here works well: http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/jeefoa.html

Edited April 28, 2006 by LLXX