posted on Monday, February 16, 2004 10:12 AM by admin

A tool is available to remove the Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants

Microsoft has released a tool to help you remove the Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants from your computer. If you are running an English (US) version of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later, or a 32-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, The Windows Update Web site and Automatic Updates will offer you version 2.0 of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool if your computer appears to be infected with Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, or Doomjuice.A. Version 3.0 of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool adds support for removing the Doomjuice.B worm. Version 3.0 is available from the Microsoft Download Center. Localized versions of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool are only available for English (US). However, you can run the English (US) tool on any localized version of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or above, or a 32-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. The Mydoom Worm Removal Tool does not work on computers that run Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

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