sasser worm??

[Dr. Hugh Jeffreys]

My #2 computer (compaq presario by H-W) has what Earthlink says is a sasser worm. When I go to the Inet and type in another URL, I get a dialog box reading "shut down in 59 sec, save materials." Earthlink also says they are having much difficulty due to overwhelming traffic. I did a Recovery dating back to Dec 19, 05.No help. Any ideas guys? HJ

[Wiz Feinberg]

Hugh;
It sounds from the shutdown in 60 seconds like you have the Blaster Worm, or a successor of it. If you are not familiar with troubleshooting and removing viruses you may be better off taking the computer to a competent service station and have them disinfect it.

If you want to go after the infection yourself you must first stop the computer from shutting down after 60 seconds. I have instructions for this on my FAQs page, under the question "Why does my Windows 2000 or XP computer shutdown, or keep rebooting after 60 seconds and how can I fix it?"
EDIT: The constant rebooting answer page is here.
Read and printout the details using another computer, then apply it to your infected one. Purchase a good anti virus product that is up to date, and install it. If you are able to stay online with my instructions update the AV definitions, then run a full system scan. Have it delete all trojans, worms, viruses that it finds. You may need to reboot several times, so keep my instructions handy. You should also download all available Windows Updates and install them. Lastly, get a firewall and install it (see my FAQs for info).

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[Dr. Hugh Jeffreys]

Wiz - Many thanks; I'll follow your instructions as soon as I can. BTW the pc only shuts down after I've been on the Inet for a few seconds, otherwise it's ok. I had no trouble until I signed onto the net; I cancelled my net service yesterday, however, I can re=instate it with a phone call. Thanks again and I'll keep you posted. HJ

[Bill Ferguson]

Wimpy (Larry Sasser) won't be happy to hear there is a "worm" named after him
hehe
Bill

[Dr. Hugh Jeffreys]

At first I thought it was a SENATOR!!