Remove Zotob virus From computers having Windows 2000 operating system

[OptyMyStix]

Recently the most of the part of U.S and Western Europe was taken for a ride by the Zotob worm threat. Zotob virus attacks computers having Windows 2000 operating system and takes advantage of a security issue that was addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039. This worm has many variants that install malicious software, and then spread over the healthy computers leaving them infected.

Variants of Zotob

? Zotob.A

? Zotob.B

? Zotob.C

? Zotob.D

? Zotob.E

? Bobax.O

? Esbot.A

? Rbot.MA

? Rbot.MB

? Rbot.MC

Free Software Tool To Remove Zotob Virus is available.

OptyMyStix

 

[stash]

Hey, nice spam.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: STaSh
Hey, nice spam.

I think not. His liink has a link to the MS site.

 

[stash]

So post a link to Microsoft, not a link to send traffic to a site selling computer parts and offering a newsletter.

 

[firewall]

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

 

[NogginBoink]

Removing the virus does nothing for you unless you patch your machine first. If you don't install patches first, you'll just get reinfected.