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"Has anyone's pc been infected by the new sasser virus?"

My pc has been infected but I managed to get rid of it by downloading a fixer on the synmatic website however the virus keeps comming back. Its annoying though because it keeps shutting down your pc. Has anyone else experienced the Sassar virus. If so how do you get rid of it permantly?

Timmargh wrote:
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Or they could keep there windows up to date. As I said, it was imposible for this virus to affect my PC from the start, and about a month before that.

Phillip Schofield got it

I tried the Fix tool and it didn't find the virus but since then the virus hasn't come back, wierd.

Maybe it was scared so it ran away, har har har!!!

Neó wrote:
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4) Buy a Mac ...

I too have not been hit by this virus - and my net connection is running 24/7! I haven't even patched my system yet (unless it patched in an auto-update).

What's the Script - have you disabled System Restore? If that is enabled, the virus has an easy route at coming back.

This virus is quite something! Essex County Council pulled the plug on all the broadband connections for schools in Essex that it deals with because they got infected! Useless!

I'm impressed that it was impossible for me to get the virus (well I could get it, but it could'nt do anything to my system) as soon as it existed, as I downloaded the update that stops it (or the security hole that let's it in to your system in this case) almost a month ago.

1) Use removal tool again or remove virus manually

2) Download latest windows Security patch (appropriate for your version of windows) and install it on you computer [URL]www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx[/URL]

3) Get decent AV software and run a through scan to make sure the virus has gone and make sure you keep it updated every 2/3 weeks. Run scans every week.

Enable the Windows firewall.