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To: shadowman who wrote (40981)	5/4/2004 3:24:31 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

If one has adaware and spyware does one need the firewall for the SASSER Worm. Thanks

To: shadowman who wrote (40981)	5/5/2004 12:38:30 AM
From: Doug Soon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Hi guys, Well, it seems that one of my PCs, using cable, has picked up the Sasser virus as well as a couple more. The PC uses Norton Anti Virus, so I used the approved Symantec method to get rid of it. That seemed to work OK. However, something I am sure is related did not get fixed. Internet Explorer can no longer reach www.symantec.com. I confirmed this by trying to run LiveUpdate and it did not connect either. Further, I installed Netscape and it could not connect either. I figured the likeliest candidate would be a rewritten "hosts" file but that wasn't it either. I then did a complete "over the top" install of Windows XP but no change. So, of course, this means that Norton Anti Virus can no longer update virus definitions until this is fixed. I hooked up my laptop using the same cable and it connects fine with www.symantec.com Tonight, I scoured the Symantec website trying to get an idea but there is nothing mentioned. Any ideas out there? TIA