Although Win98 cannot become infected by Blaster, there have been some
reports that some Win98 machines may crash when a Blaster-infected machine
attempts to probe/infect them.
  Other than that, it should not affect their current configuration.  If you
decide to restore XP, make sure to install the Microsoft patch!

Dave Gillett


On 2 Sep 2003, at 19:07, Carol wrote:

> Hello..
> I had a friend call me about a computer problem.  They're computer shuts
> down frequently with a message similar to the one that I've heard comes up
> when the system is infected with the Blaster virus.  This system came with
> windows XP however, their adult kids felt that for them windows 98 would be
> simpler for them so they downgraded to windows 98.  I've heard the the
> blaster virus doesn't affect windows 98 but because this system has been
> downgraded from XP I was wondering if it could still affect it.  I have no
> idea whether the hard drive was formatted and a clean stall of windows 98
> was preformed or not.  Aside from this problem, the system as a whole
> doesn't seem to work right.  She didn't say just what wasn't working right,
> just asked me if I would come over and try to get it working right.  Anyone
> have any thoughts or ideas?  My thought is to reinstall XP, restore it to
> factory settings.
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Carol Burnside
>
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