How can you tell if you've rid your machine of the
Blaster worm after applying the patch and installing a
firewall?

John;
Installing the patch is NOT a cure it is prevention, same with the
firewall.
You also have to clean the computer.
Follow this to clean and protect your computer:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html


"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can you tell if you've rid your machine of the
> Blaster worm after applying the patch and installing a
> firewall?