Title: Melo

Type: Worms

Remove Melo. Removal instructions

Also known as: Jesse

Severity scale:

(52 / 100)

Melo, also known as Jesse, is a worm that spreads through floppy disks and via MSN Messenger in messages containing malicious links. Once executed, the parasite displays a fake error message and deletes all writeable non-system and non-hidden files located in the root of the main hard drive (C:) and floppy disk (A:) replacing them with infected files that have exactly the same names. Melo can disable the Windows Task Manager. The worm automatically runs on every system startup.

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

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Melo manual removal:

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Kill processes:
jesse.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\a=%System%\Drivers\etc\jesse.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ok\jessy

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
jesse.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The jesse.exe file can be found in the following folders: C:\Windows\System\Drivers\etc, C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc, C:\Winnt\System32\Drivers\etc.

Information added: 2005-10-23 04:41:16
Information updated: 2005-10-23 04:41:16

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