KAK virus information
Virus information
The KAK virus is a virus written in JavaScript that only works in the French and English versions of Windows 95 and Windows 98 and replicates through e-mail VIA Outlook Express 5.0.
The virus activates the first day of each month. If the machine is restarted after 5 PM the computer displays the message:
Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft say not today!
Cleaning the virus
To manually clean this virus follow the steps below:
Delete the following files if present:
C:\Windows\kak.htm
C:\Windows\System\*.hta
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\kak.hta
C:\Windows\Menu Demarrer\Programmers\Demarrage\kak.hta
Rename the following files:
Before renaming the following, ensure that ae.kak is present at the root of C drive by typing the following at an MS-DOS prompt:
cd\
dir ae.kak
If present type:
del autoexec.bat
ren ae.kak autoexec.bat
The hole within Outlook Express can be fixed by disabling Active Scripting in Outlook Express preferences or by visiting Microsoft's update page for an update to this hole.