Re: virus/worms

From: Trafton (traftonofjj2SPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:19:46 -0700

Hi John,

Dave is right. Here is some additional information on how to boot into safe
mode that you may find useful:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

Hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Benjamin "Trafton" Johnstone-Anderson
Microsoft MVP, Windows Security
Security Manifest: www.msmvps.com/trafton/

"Dave" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2376WW4mpEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> at least one of those has probably turned off your virus scanner. try
> rebooting in safe mode and scanning manually, maybe it will work then.
> otherwise trust mcafee and follow their removal instructions.
>
> "john ledweith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0f4a01c4a661$68180660$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> i performed a mc afee free scan and it detected 5 virus`s
>> back door-axj.htm,w32/sasser.worm!
>> ftp,w32/sdbot.worm,w32/sdbotworm.qen.i,w32/sdbot.worm.qen!
>> when i ran my norton anti-virus scan it did not detect
>> any of these i have downloaded all the updates and cannot
>> understand why they are not being detected and fixed do i
>> need special removal tools to get rid of the problems
>
>

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