Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Sasser Victim

Over the weekend I was hit by the sasser virus. Well, not me, my computer. My computer and I...we're close buddies, and I often feel very attatched to it. I was just in the middle of checking emails when all of a sudden the computer rebooted without my consent. Then to my annoyance kept rebooting every 2 minutes!!

Sasser is a worm virus that is spread through your internet connection... not through checking emails or downloading files or IE. It finds a vulnerabilitiy with Microsoft Windows and installs an FTP server, and downloads itself. It affects Windows 2000, 2003 and XP. NOT Windows 95, 98 or ME.
Make sure your Anti Virus is on and updated to avoid this ANNOYING worm.
It's one of the fastest spreading virus yet, as it was only released on Friday and I was affected on the same day. Check out if you were affected and what you can do to fix it:

WORMIES