Title: Lurch

Type: Worms

Remove Lurch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(25 / 100)

Lurch is a worm that spreads through mapped network drives, floppy disks and other removable media. Once executed, the parasite displays a pornographic picture and installs itself to the system. Then it runs a spreading routine. Lurch does not carry any destructive payload. It runs on every Windows startup.

Related files: onapi.vbs

Lurch properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Lurch manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\system

HELP:
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Delete files:
onapi.vbs

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The onapi.vbs file can be found in default system directory, which can be C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32.

Information added: 2006-12-20 13:24:36
Information updated: 2006-12-20 13:24:36

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