Free removal tool to clean the infections of the W32.HLLW.Gaobot variants

Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of the following W32.HLLW.Gaobot variants: · W32.HLLW.Gaobot.AG · W32.HLLW.Gaobot.AO · W32.Gaobot.SA · W32.Gaobot.SY · W32.Gaobot.ZX · W32.Gaobot.ADX · W32.Gaobot.AFJ · W32.Gaobot.AJD · W32.HLLW.Gaobot.Gen · W32.Gaobot.BOW · W32.Gaobot.BUU Note: W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen is a generic detection that detects numerous variants of W32.HLLW.Gaobot. The removal tool will remove many but not all variants that are detected as W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen. The W32.Gaobot Removal Tool does the following: · Terminates the W32.Gaobot viral processes and services. · Deletes the W32.Gaobot files. · Deletes the dropped files. · Deletes the registry values that the worm added. · Modifies the hosts file by removing invalid entries which prevent access to various antivirus related websites