# Fucking LovSan virus has boned us **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662 "2003-08-12T16:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/1 "2003-08-12T16:15:27Z")
Piss! We done got hosed by this goddam LovSan virus. We’re very cautious about opening e-mail at home, but it still got us. This virus shuts your computer down a minute or so after booting up. I hear that Microsoft has a patch, but you can’t download it if your computer keeps shutting down! Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap. It’s probably going to involve a trip to the friendly computer repair guys, but we’re stretched economically. We don’t need this. Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/2 "2003-08-12T16:18:38Z")
Wasn’t there a thread about this before, and the guy ran the path between crashes? Can patches be run from safe mode? ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/3 "2003-08-12T16:21:28Z")
Yes, there’s a thread on this and a fix available. Note: Read past where everyone says to re-format. It’s not necessary. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203867](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203867) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/4 "2003-08-12T16:45:26Z")
Bummer. Sorry to hear it. Still, I just can’t help but do the “happy happy Mac user” dance at times like this. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/5 "2003-08-12T16:55:39Z")
I took down my Firewall to debug some Oracle server stuff and got hit with the fucking thing. But of course I had to get some strange version of it that is not fixed with any of the virus software or currently published methods. I had to do a manual search through the windows directory and and go through the registry deleting based on the “that doesn’t look quite right” algorythm(which I really really hate doing) in between shutdown every two minutes. I think I finally got everything as my computer has now been running for 20 minutes now, but now I get to worry for the next few months to see if I deleted anything wrongly. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/6 "2003-08-12T17:05:46Z")
I got hit by this. I am waiting for my company’s tech support people to instruct us on how to purge it from my laptop. I was a virus virgin before this and it is a bitch. It has some odd effects. I can’t follow any link that opens a new window. My ability to connect to other web pages is sporadic at best. Some of my menu screens have gone blank. Who thinks it is a good idea to create these things? Aaaargghhhh! ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/7 "2003-08-12T17:17:29Z")
Nothing like getting screwed by your first virus huh **fruitbat**? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/8 "2003-08-12T17:37:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Still, I just can’t help but do the “happy happy Mac user” dance at times like this. \*\* That anything like the “happy Win98SE user” dance? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/9 "2003-08-12T19:17:34Z")
My company is based in Europe and has branches all over the place. It’s getting whammed. I haven’t gotten it yet at home–does it hit WinXP? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/10 "2003-08-12T19:25:30Z")
It does affect WinXP, but if you have the proper updates installed you **should** be fine. (In another thread, someone mentions that some computers were considered by Windows Update to have the patch installed when they actually didn’t, and they got infected.) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/11 "2003-08-12T19:29:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > \*\*My company is based in Europe and has branches all over the place. It’s getting whammed. I haven’t gotten it yet at home–does it hit WinXP? \*\* Yes, it targets WinXP. [See here, please.](http://www.techtv.com/news/securityalert/story/0,24195,3498394,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/12 "2003-08-12T19:38:52Z")
Question: yesterday, my PC at work started doing backflips. Wouldn’t C&P. Wouldn’t follow links. Kept coming up with the error message “SVCHOST.exe has generated problems, and is shutting down.” Crap like that. At first I thought Windows was hosed and I’d need to do a repair install, but now I’m not so sure. Does this behavior sound symptomatic of Blaster? Incidentally, Symantec has released a free executable removal tool to get rid of Blaster. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/13 "2003-08-12T20:26:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*That anything like the “happy Win98SE user” dance? > 😉 \*\* Similar, but you only need one foot and it’s easier to learn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/14 "2003-08-12T20:31:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\*Question: yesterday, my PC at work started doing backflips. Wouldn’t C&P. Wouldn’t follow links. Kept coming up with the error message “SVCHOST.exe has generated problems, and is shutting down.” Crap like that. > > At first I thought Windows was hosed and I’d need to do a repair install, but now I’m not so sure. Does this behavior sound symptomatic of Blaster? > > Incidentally, Symantec has released a free executable removal tool to get rid of Blaster. \*\* That was exactly what it did to my computer. I grabbed the patch and Stinger, recommended by Evil Captor, which targets a few different viruses and trojans. Ran Stinger, got the patch, then ran Stinger again to make sure I wasn’t reinfected, and I seem to be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/15 "2003-08-12T20:43:40Z")
Goddamit. I got hit by this at home, anf none of the instructions on that GQ thread make the slightest bit of sense to us non-techies (I don’t even kmow what the fuck a firewall IS). Guess I will have to schedule a service call . . . Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/16 "2003-08-12T21:28:56Z")
One of the rare instances when having WinME is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/17 "2003-08-12T21:42:42Z")
Well, I’d _love_ to download the patch. But I’ve had problems with accessing secured sites/sites running ActiveX since January. I’ve changed the security setting, and I still can’t access the microsoft update site. I guess this means I really need to head to the on campus help center tomorrow so that maybe I can actually update Windows for a change. Luckily, the desktop has ME, just the laptop is running XP. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/18 "2003-08-12T22:04:41Z")
anyone know a girl named San with a computer nerd boyfriend or stalker? ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/19 "2003-08-12T22:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Similar, but you only need one foot and it’s easier to learn. > > 😃 \*\* Yeah, but it’s pretty hard to find the music to do the dance. Most stores don’t carry it;) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Neck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Read\_Neck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Neck)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662/20 "2003-08-12T23:35:01Z")
[Here,the music’s free.](http://www.linuxiso.org) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-lovsan-virus-has-boned-us/194662.md?page=2)