Re: w32.swen.mm is bad headache
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Date: 12/12/03
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:21:44 -0800
Sarah,
I have a firewall, updated regularly along with my virus
definitions. Also, I do a security check regularly and
am stealth each time in Network
vulnerability,NetBIOS,Tronjan scan,product scan AND
defination scan.
If you can help me out with this,Sarah, I would want to
marry you.
Just a little humor. Oh, I forgot...I need to run a
virus scan...bummer.
As I said earlier, any more help will help more than me.
Don't ya love free
speach......................................and the
internet.
Tnanks(especially Sarah),
TJR
p.s. i'll figure it
out............................................one of
these days.
>-----Original Message-----
>TJR writes:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hello,
>>
>>Like a lot of people, I have gotten and removed the
>>w32.swen.mm worm(virus) more times than I'd like to
>>remember. My problem is that I can't keep it off my
>>computer. I have Norton Systemworks 2003 and keep it
>>updated regularly. I downloaded the removal tool,
>>followed the instructions on renaming it before running
>>it but every time i get one of those fake microsoft
>>updates in my junk mailbox it returns without my
opening
>>it. When I see the e-mail, I immediately delete it.
>>
>>Why doesn't my antivirus software detect and
>>automatically delete it? I have to run the removal
tool
>>many times a day just to keep it off my computer.
>>Apparently it was never removed like it said it was.
>>
>>I've have been to Symantec's website but can't find
>>anything more there to do about it that I haven't
already
>>done. I've also been all over the web trying to find a
>>solution for this.
>>
>>I could go into what I've done to remedy this problem
but
>>I think you get the idea.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
>>
>>TJR
>
> TJR- Vulnerabilities are discovered periodically in
>the Windows operating systems. In order to secure your
>computer from those who would exploit these
>vulnerabilities to infect your machine, it is necessary
to
>take a few precautions-
> 1) Get a firewall, and keep it properly configured.
>ZoneAlarm offers one free (lower right corner of their
>home page).
> 2) Once you have a firewall in place, you must
update
>your machine to patch Os vulnerabilities. Until you do
>this, you can "lock the doors" on your machine all you
>want and the bad guys will still be able to get in thru
>the open window. Go to
>http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>and apply all critical updates.
> 3) AV software - updated regularly (your letter
>indicates you already have this). Run your scans after
you
>start in safe mode, and be sure that you have it set to
>scan all files.
> If you have XP or ME, you need to turn off system
>restore before you can eliminate the virus.
> There are rare cases where all of this is done
>correctly, and you still remain vulnerable because of a
>problem updating Outlook Express on Win 98, 98SE and ME
>(Microsoft Knowledge Base article 308411), which allows
>code to execute on your machine by just viewing infected
>mails. The fix to this is to remove OE and reinstall a
>clean current copy, accepting all defaults. Then check
for
>updates specific to Outlook Express. Good luck.
>.
>
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