Go to symantec.com and get the info for removing the virus.  Once
removed, go to microsoft.com and get the patch.,  install it following
the directions.  Reboot and you should be okay.
    Wanda Irby

Anne Neighbors wrote:

>An elder in my family has a machine that is infected with the Blaster; she's hardly computer literate, lives isolated as far as on-site computer help is concerned.
>
>I don't have a clue as to how to advise her how to disinfect her computer because of the shutdown/reboot feature of the virus.  How do you activate a patch or a systems check with your AVP when the pc continually shuts down and reboots?
>
>I wish the ratbag who wrote that program could see some of the grief that has ensued.
>

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