Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 20:33:44 05/02/04
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On May 02, 2004 at 21:17:42, Mike Byrne wrote: >On May 02, 2004 at 18:14:14, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On May 02, 2004 at 17:30:39, clarence hurd wrote: >> >>>dose any how to remove the sulpher virus its a new one thanks >> >>Maybe you mean the latest virus with a similar name called sasser? >> >>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.tool.html > >What an awful virus to remove ...I just had remove it from son's laptop ...not >particulary harmful -- but it has a nasty habit of shutting the machine every 5 >minutes -- not quite lokng enough to get the necessary update ... Your response made me curious. It's a real nasty one. I hadn't been infected, but looking at what has been written about it, I have availed myself of the the MS security patch update. Thanks. > >Here's the tip of the day -- it gives you 60 seconds before shutting down ...go >to the start menu, select run and type without the quotes "shutdown -a" it will >sbort the shutdown and then run the antivirsus software install the Windows >security patches. > >2nd tip, have MS update the security patches automatically (under Win2k and >WinXP) under the comtrol panel. I thought I had my son's set - but it was off.
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