New Virus that disables my internet connection

[Lisa]

On Saturday May 1, Verizon informed me that there is a
new virus that attaches itself to the AVserve file and
disconnects the internet connection. When I bring up the
task manager the AVserve file is not there or is not
visible. Any ideas on how to find and delete this virus
or where I can locate a patch for it. Thanks a bunch!

 

[Rob Schneider]

apparently the infamous Sasser virus/worm. See CNN's report at
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/05/03/sasser.worm.reut/index.html

for help on fixing, see
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=125007
or your anti-virus vendor's site. Also Microsoft has info at
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

On Saturday May 1, Verizon informed me that there is a
new virus that attaches itself to the AVserve file and
disconnects the internet connection. When I bring up the
task manager the AVserve file is not there or is not
visible. Any ideas on how to find and delete this virus
or where I can locate a patch for it. Thanks a bunch!

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.b.worm.html
- get the virus removal tool and use it. It'll tell you whether or not
you're infected and clean it out if you are.

NRJ