Re: possble virus

From: peter (peter_at_nomalarky.net)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:56:45 -0600

http://www.updatexp.com/sasser-worm.html
peter
"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:vdanb011tccngkb7h4d8u800jqskei9aha@4ax.com...
> My daughter's computer seems to be affected by some virus. Using
> Windows XP, when she turns her computer on it starts to load but
> before the desktop appears it turns itself off. It's as if she tried
> to re-boot right in the middle of the boot process. Sometimes it will
> stay up.
>
> She has a current copy of Norton, but I don't think she has it on
> automatic update. I doubt if she's download the MS security patches.
>
> She lives in another town. I'm going up there next week. Are there
> any file extensions I can have her search for (when she can get
> computer up and running) to see what virus, if any, is on there?
>
> Can I download MS patches to a CD and take the CD up there and install
> on her computer?
>
>

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