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Hi whocares,
After I did my system recovery, I deleted the Norton files out of my system. I DID still have the Symantec FixBlast on my computer. (Which had NEVER fixed the Blaster worm in the past.)
Instead of reinstalling the Norton on my computer, I downloaded avast! Home Edition. When it found where the Blaster worm was hiding, I downloaded their virus cleaner program. When I attempted to have that program delete the virus/file is when I got the message I mentioned in my earlier post. Whether that message was generated from avast!'s program or from my own computer, I am not sure. After I got that message, I elected to have the file put into the avast! Chest.
I HAVE applied the Blaster patch provided by Microsoft and I have applied ALL the Service Packs & Critical updates that you mentioned. I also applied some, but not all of the other updates avaliable from Microsoft. The ones I didn’t apply are updates that pertain to things that I don’t use on my computer.
I HAVE NOT applied any firewalls on my computer. Early on I encountered a problem regarding a firewall & ever since, I have steered clear of them. I admit I know nothing about firewalls!
I only came to this forum to find out if I could safely delete the file the Blaster worm was in without causing problems on my computer. I appreciate the help you and the others have tried to give me. (Although, I don’t think Igor believes that I actually got the message that I mentioned in my earlier post…sorry, Igor but I didn’t take a photograph of the screen so I could prove that I had actually received that message and show what the EXACT words were.)
Thanks everyone,
DSredTX