Having trouble with fix for worm, need help fast

From: Wayne (deskpost45_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/14/03 

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:05:42 -0700

Your computer is probably being used in conjunction with
thousands of other computers to run a Denial of Service
attack on Microsoft Windows update web site.

Right-Click your taskbar and choose Task Manager. Click
the processes tab and then click the Image Name column
header to alphabetically sort the processes by name.
Scroll down and see if msblast.exe is running. If it is,
highlight it and click End Process.

Then go to c:\windows\system32 and again, look for a file
called msblast.exe. This time, delete the file.

This is as much as I currently know about how to remove
the worm from an infected computer. Read Microsoft's post
for further instructions on how to remove it.

Another good bet is to visit your antivirus provider's web
site; they should have detailed instructions to remove the
virus.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi. I'm trying to remove the worm from my computer. I am
>sure that I'm infected because my computer this morning
>has become very unresponsive. ANyway, I can only boot my
>computer in safe mode now, and only access the internet
>through safe mode with networking ofcourse. Anyway, I
>don't have the 2 computers at the bottom right that I
>usually have, and i didnt remove them manually. So then
>when I go to control panel and right click local area
>connection 2 then go to properties, it says an unexpected
>error has occured. I tried disabling it, but it's not
>responding at all. I need help to activate it fast,
>because I'm pretty sure my connection is going to mess up
>soon.
>Thanks for all or any help
>.
>

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