# Help I have the FATSO worm virus on my comp!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167 "2005-04-20T01:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/1 "2005-04-20T01:22:20Z")
Help me quickly, it keeps not letting me use MSN or take my browzer off, help me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/2 "2005-04-20T01:52:16Z")
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/3 "2005-04-20T02:11:28Z")
Symantec has a removal tool [here](http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.serflog.removal.tool.html) . ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/4 "2005-04-20T02:24:58Z")
it’s also preventing me from coming onto this thread and onto those sites, I’ve just had to restart my entire comp to just type this reply! What can I do? All I keep getting is a bat file in my Windo ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/5 "2005-04-20T02:26:08Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Symantec has a removal tool [here](http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.serflog.removal.tool.html) . That’s a removal tool for W32.Serflog and variants. Is Fatso a variant of Serflog? It’s not mentioned on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/6 "2005-04-20T02:43:56Z")
If you follow the link for W32.Serflog.A, you’ll see that it’s called WORM\_FATSO.A by Trend Micro. You have to remember that there is often not a standard name for these viruses, so the different anti-virus companies assign different names to the same virus. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/7 "2005-04-20T02:50:30Z")
Ah, I see. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-the-fatso-worm-virus-on-my-comp/300167/8 "2005-04-20T03:11:37Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > it’s also preventing me from coming onto this thread and onto those sites, I’ve just had to restart my entire comp to just type this reply! What can I do? All I keep getting is a bat file in my Windo The removal tool on the page I mentioned is tiny; less than 200Kb. So can you get on someone else’s computer and download the tool to a floppy disc? If so, I recommend you print out the instructions on that page.