Does anybody know why my fully updated
Norton AntiVirus did not find and stop the
Sasser worm from infecting my PC.

all the best
JTK

Sorry to hear that

Windows Update and/or a Firewall of some sort would probably have prevented the worm infection, and NAV does occasionally miss some problems. A combination of these three kept my PC from getting infected.

This Sasser worm is a tough one, needs no "operator action", it finds YOU! They should string up that kid in Germany who wrote it!

Last week I made several hundred dollars removing Sasser from infected PCs and Workstations. All but one was using Norton [it was running McAfee]. None had the update patch from Microsoft. All the Norton 'protected systems' had Live Update running.

I do like one thing about Norton/Symantc however... the Symantec Sasser remover tool worked nicely :)


As usual they [Norton/Symantc] were a day late and a dollar short.


Norton SUX!

Thanks for your reply, maybe macafee is better than norton antivirus.
Our company a FM Radio station and newspaper also got sasser worm it took all day to get rid of it.

Thanks again
JTK

Does anyone know of anyone with Nod32 that got the virus?

I think part of it is the ISP, the larger ISP's usually have to keep their system clean in order to please all the consumers. They don't want a lot of mad customers getting something on their computer that they (the company) could possible prevent.

Just my opinion.

Thanks
Dudelive

I run NOD32 and have had NO problems at home or work PC's. I used to run McAfee and have used Norton. I hated Norton and McAfee was good but a big resource hog (not as big as Norton though). I really like NOD32 and AVG Antivirus has kept another comuter I run safe and sound. But it was likely not the antivirus that kept the bug out but Zone Alarm Pro...a good firewall is a MUST.