P. Mossel
December 9th 03, 10:36 AM
>The symantec security response procedure for removal of
>the W32.Blaster.Worm requires 'administrative rights' to
>run the tool on my personal computor but doesn't say how
>users obtain the relevant level of access. Can anyone
>advise?
Select Control Panel, User Accounts, and determine among
the listed accounts which one you are using. Under each
account, it should say "Limited" or "Computer
Administrator." Symantec implies that you must be logged
in as "Computer Administrator" to apply the patch
(FIXBLAST.EXE).
When I applied this patch for a client, I turned
off "System Restore" and booted up in "Safe Mode" as
recommended by Symantec. Consider this prior to applying
the patch. And make sure you can download the patch from
Microsoft immediately after you have removed the worm.
>the W32.Blaster.Worm requires 'administrative rights' to
>run the tool on my personal computor but doesn't say how
>users obtain the relevant level of access. Can anyone
>advise?
Select Control Panel, User Accounts, and determine among
the listed accounts which one you are using. Under each
account, it should say "Limited" or "Computer
Administrator." Symantec implies that you must be logged
in as "Computer Administrator" to apply the patch
(FIXBLAST.EXE).
When I applied this patch for a client, I turned
off "System Restore" and booted up in "Safe Mode" as
recommended by Symantec. Consider this prior to applying
the patch. And make sure you can download the patch from
Microsoft immediately after you have removed the worm.