
F - L G A T E
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The F-Lgate utility disinfects computers infected with 
Lovgate.A, .B, .C, .D, .F, .G, .H, .I, .J, .K, and .L
 worm variants.

Disinfection procedure should be as follows:

1. Unpack the F-Lgate utility from the provided ZIP archive 
either with WinZip or PkUnzip utilities. A trial version of 
WinZip archiver can be downloaded from the following website:

http://www.winzip.com/ddchomea.htm
                                   
2. Run the unpacked F-Lgate.exe file from a hard disk to 
eliminate Lovgate worm infection. You can run the utility by 
either doubleclicking on it from Windows Explorer or you can 
start it from a command interpreter (COMMAND.COM or CMD.EXE) by 
typing its name at command prompt and pressing 'Enter' (for 
advanced users).

First the F-Lgate utility will kill Lovgate worm's processes in 
memory. Then the utility will scan your hard drive for infected 
files and delete them.

3. Reboot the system. After restart your system should be clean.


You can get a trial version of F-Secure Anti-Virus and the latest 
updates for it from our website:

http://www.europe.f-secure.com/download-purchase/
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/download-purchase/updates.shtml


IMPORTANT NOTES
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The Lovgate worm copies itself to shared drives with different
names, this process is done only once when the worm is started.
So, if a machine with an active infection has open shares but
properly password protected, so that it won't get reinfected,
the computer can be cleaned without having to disconnect the
shares.

If a computer with Windows NT, 2000 or XP system is being 
disinfected, please log in as Administrator or as a user with 
local admin rights, otherwise the F-Lgate utility might not 
disinfect the system correctly.

If you have Windows ME or XP, it is recommended to disable System 
Restore feature of these operating systems to prevent your 
computer from re-infection with Lovgate worm. The fact is that 
System Restore feature of these operating systems might save the 
infected file into the special folder and copy it back to a hard 
drive it every time it's been deleted by F-Lgate utility. The 
instructions on how to disable System Restore feature are here:

Windows ME:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/sfc_dis.shtml

Windows XP:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/sfc_dis1.shtml

If you have any problems using this utility please contact us on 
'samples@f-secure.com' address.


