INFO: ILOVEYOU Virus Attacks FoxPro SCT Files (262315)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q262315

SUMMARY

The ILOVEYOU virus and its variants attack files with an .sct extension. The virus replaces the .sct files with copies of the virus. SCT is an extension for script files as well as for FoxPro forms, which is why the Visual FoxPro files are affected. Because the .sct files are replaced, to recover your forms you must restore the .scx and .sct files from an uninfected backup.

MORE INFORMATION

If you do not have a backup, but you have built an .app or .exe, ReFox, from Xitech, may help you recover the code from your SCTs. For more information about ReFox, see the following Web sites:

http://www.xitech-europe.co.uk/ReFox.html

-or-

http://www.hallogram.com

You can also use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS), which is part of Visual Studio, to help you recover your files if you have been using Visual SourceSafe and regularly checking your work back into the VSS database.

For more information about the ILOVEYOU virus, please see the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/misc/data/lovelettervirus.htm

REFERENCES

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/12/2003
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