Question on the Blaster worm

[Carl]

My fathers computer has gotten the blaster worm. I
updated his virus software and ran it and it found it.
When asked if I wanted it removed it said that it couldnt
be moved. So it asked me if I wanted to delete the file.

Is that what I want to do? I know that the virus was found
in c:\windows\system32\msblast.exe

Im not sure but would that be a file I would want to
delete?

If somone could let me know It would make my day!
Thank you for your time on this matter

Have a good day!
Carl
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Nicholas]

Carl --

Remove W32.MSBlast.Worm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc


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Nicholas

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| My fathers computer has gotten the blaster worm. I
| updated his virus software and ran it and it found it.
| When asked if I wanted it removed it said that it couldnt
| be moved. So it asked me if I wanted to delete the file.
|
| Is that what I want to do? I know that the virus was found
| in c:\windows\system32\msblast.exe
|
| Im not sure but would that be a file I would want to
| delete?
|
| If somone could let me know It would make my day!
| Thank you for your time on this matter
|
| Have a good day!
| Carl
| (e-mail address removed)

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi Carl,

Yes, you should delete the file names MSBLAST.exe. Here are a couple of
links with more info:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/main.asp

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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