W32/Bobax disinfection instructions
Resolve is the name for a set of small, downloadable Sophos utilities designed to remove and undo the changes made by certain viruses, Trojans and worms. They terminate any virus processes and reset any registry keys that the virus changed. Existing infections can be cleaned up quickly and easily, both on individual workstations and over networks with large numbers of computers.
Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
W32/Bobax-D can be removed from Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 computers automatically with the following Resolve tools.
Note: When disinfecting variants not listed above, use the recovery instructions in the appropriate virus analysis.
Windows disinfector
BOBAXGUI is a disinfector for standalone Windows computers
- open BOBAXGUI
- run it
- then click GO
- click 'Yes' if asked about removing lines from the HOSTS file.
If you are disinfecting several computers; download it, save it to floppy disk, write-protect the floppy disk and run it from there.
After removing the worm you should install the Microsoft patch MS04-011 or, on single computers, update with all relevant security patches from Windows update.
Note: Microsoft has documented several known issues with the MS04-011 update in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 835732. Read this article carefully before applying the update. If any of the described problems occur after applying the update, please contact Microsoft support.Command line disinfector
BOBAXSFX.EXE is a self-extracting archive containing BOBAXCLI, a Resolve command line disinfector for use by system administrators on Windows networks. Read the notes enclosed in the self-extractor for details on running this program.
After removing the worm you should install the Microsoft patch MS04-011 or, on single computers, update with all relevant security patches from Windows update.
Note: Microsoft has documented several known issues with the MS04-011 update in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 835732. Read this article carefully before applying the update. If any of the described problems occur after applying the update, please contact Microsoft support.Other platforms
To remove the above W32/Bobax variants on other platforms please follow the instructions for removing worms.
