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Subject: Re: Virus Help

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 18:09:14 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 20:22:18, Jeff White wrote:

>I won't ask here again and sorry to those that may be bothered by this. After
>doing a google search I can't come up with any forums to ask this in. After a
>very long and frustrating day, I can't seem to get the computer to work. What is
>happening is once I turn it on, it stays on for about a minute and then turns
>off, then just re-starts. I was told it may be the sasser worm, but I don't see
>any of the file names when I do the ctrl-alt-del thing. I can't keep the thing
>on long enough to do anything with it. Is there anywhere I can go to ask this or
>anything I can do? The operating system is XP it's a Pentium 4 512 meg ram
>2.4ghz machine if that helps. Thanks for any help and being patient with these
>questions. Thanks again.
>
>Regards,
>Jeff

Hi Jeff,

I read your post below, and it is probably the blaster worm. So you need to
start here:

1. When you reboot and see the shutdown message goto Start > Run > and type
shutdown /a

2. Once that is completed, go here to get the Blaster removal tool:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

3. While that is downloading, get the free version of ZoneAlarm:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

4. I would then remove the virus via the tool, then install ZoneAlarm.

5. Reboot.

6. I would then hope on over to TrendMicro for a free virus check:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com

7. For a free anti-virus solution head to:

http://www.grisoft.com

And grab the free version of AVG Anti-Virus. Install it. Use it.

If you have any other problems, please do not hesitate to email me.

Peter.





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