Re: suspect blaster worm in laptop

From: NoNoBadDog! (mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:07:31 -1000

Sorry, Miguel, but Norton Antivirus *CAN* very easily detect the worm. I
Don't know where you got your information from, but NAV has been able to
detect SASSER and Blaster since their
 release.

Bobby

"Miguel" <Miguel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C2703B7-3062-4E8C-BED5-4986ED6D3505@microsoft.com...
> Go to Symantec.com and do a search for blaster worm removal tool. Regular
> norton's anti virus can not detect it. But you should get some anti virus
> software and setup a firewall.
>
> "Teofilomendoza" wrote:
>
>> My daughter's laptop running on windows xp professional
>> suddenly cannot be started or booted up. There's a message
>> that says there's a problem and there is a countdown timer
>> showing how many seconds remaining before the computer
>> starts again. I cannot even start it in safe mode.
>>
>> The laptop does not have floppy disk drive. I'm thinking
>> of getting the latest version of norton antivirus cd and
>> booting up the laptop with the antivirus cd in the cd
>> drive. Is norton antivirus able to detect and remove
>> blaster worm?
>>
>> Thanks for any advise you can give on how to remove the
>> worm/virus without having to re-format the hard disk.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Teofilo
>>

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