W32.Serflog.A Free Removal Tool is a removal utility to clean the infections of the following variants of the W32.Serflog worm: W32.Serflog.A and W32.Serflog.C. This worm spreads by using shared folders on networked computers, to ensure that the worm does not re-infect the computer after it has been removed, Symantec suggests sharing with Read Only access or by using password defence. If you are removing an infection from a network, first make sure that all the shares are disabled or set to read Only. After downloading the tool, you must close all running programs, then double-click the FixSflog.exe file to start the removal tool and permit the tool to run. Restart the computer and run W32.Serflog.A Free Removal Tool again to ensure that the system is clean and run LiveUpdate to make sure that you are using the most current virus definitions.
When W32.Serflog.A Free Removal Tool has finished running, you will see a message indicating whether W32.Serflog has infected the computer. The tool displays the total number of the scanned files, number of deleted files, number of repaired files, number of terminated viral processes and number of fixed registry entries. This tool is not designed to run on NovellNetware servers and if you want to remove this threat from a NetWare server, first make sure that you have the current virus definitions. Then run a full system scan with the Symantec antivirus product. The W32.Serflog.A Free Removal Tool terminates the W32.Serflog processes, deletes the W32.Serflog files, deletes the registry values that W32.Serflog has added and deletes the values added to the Hosts file.
