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Old May 10, 2004 | 6:51 pm
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Originally Posted by bbybear
My computer at home is a simple IBM Windows Me - about 3yrs old. It seems to have been infected with sasser. Microsoft says that Windows Me is not affected by the virus. There does not seem to be a patch available as Microsoft isn't supporting it anymore - I think.
You can download a sasser removal tool at this site:


http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html


Since you have Win ME, be sure to note the instructions to run the tool in "safe mode"

Best of luck in getting rid of the worm
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