Re: Will wipeing the hard drive kill the sasser virus?

From: Br0wnbear (brownbearat_at_canadadotcom)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 14:57:11 -0400

On Tue, 4 May 2004 11:48:07 -0700, "Vchinen"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

No
because the vulnerability will still be there when you reinstall.
You need to go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install the critical
patches to fix the vulnerability that has been reported.

You should turn on your Internet Connection Firewall (ICF)
To enable your Internet Connection Firewall (ICF)
In Control Panel, double-click Networking and Internet Connections,
and then click Network Connections.
Right-click the connection on which you would like to enable ICF, and
then click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, check the option to Protect my computer and
network

hth
jbrown

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