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Ella ________please pay attention.
May 8th 04, 09:08 PM
my os is Windows ME. System got crushed, but I was able
restore it.
Now,my Internet Explorer version is 5.5 (it was updated to
6.0 before system restored).
Now, Internet Explorer alerts me that my computer has
Sasser_d Warm.
I tried to install IE 6.0, but downloaded software cannot
process installation, by keeping saing "restart your
computer"

Mike M
May 8th 04, 09:52 PM
There is NO mechanism by which Internet Explorer can inform you that you have
the Sasser worm. Further since Win Me does not have the LSASS service even if
you have the worm it can do nothing to your system.

To quote Symantec:
(http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.d.html)
W32.Sasser.D
"Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft IIS, Novell Netware,
OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT,
Windows Server 2003"

To quote Microsoft:
(http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp)
What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and Its Variants
" Software Not Affected
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
Windows ServerT 2003
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1
Windows Millennium Edition
Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 98
Windows NTŪ 4.0 SP6a "

So now stop posting that you have Sasser and instead carry out a thorough
check of your system using your preferred antivirus application equipped with
an updated current set of viral reference signatures.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ella ________please pay attention. >
wrote:

> my os is Windows ME. System got crushed, but I was able
> restore it.
> Now,my Internet Explorer version is 5.5 (it was updated to
> 6.0 before system restored).
> Now, Internet Explorer alerts me that my computer has
> Sasser_d Warm.
> I tried to install IE 6.0, but downloaded software cannot
> process installation, by keeping saing "restart your
> computer"

Noel Paton
May 8th 04, 10:09 PM
You've reinstalled ME over itself from the CD - and reverted a lot of stuff
to the un-updated versions in the process.(totally unnecessary, as Mike has
already pointed out - but, since we're there.....)

Look here for advice on how to cure the version soup that you now have for
IE.
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/winhelp.htm


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Ella ________please pay attention." >
wrote in message ...
> my os is Windows ME. System got crushed, but I was able
> restore it.
> Now,my Internet Explorer version is 5.5 (it was updated to
> 6.0 before system restored).
> Now, Internet Explorer alerts me that my computer has
> Sasser_d Warm.
> I tried to install IE 6.0, but downloaded software cannot
> process installation, by keeping saing "restart your
> computer"