Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 10:35:30 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 13:18:43, Jeff White wrote: >Does anyone know anything about a worm that automatically turns your computer >off about 2 to 5 minutes after it boots up? I heard of this one before and >remember there being a fix, but I can't remember how to do it. My sister got it >once before and I think she's got it again because that is what's happening. >Just restarts all by itself anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes after start up. Can't >remember the fix, although I'm sure it's a newer version of it of the virus or >worm. She is using XP as an operating system. Any help with this is greatly >appreciated. Thanks very much. > >Regards, >Jeff Sounds like the sasser worm. Here are the fixes: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=76c6de7e-1b6b-4fc3-90d4-9fa42d14cc17&displaylang=en http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.removal.tool.html Peter
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