Linda, I hate to say it, but having older systems can be even worse. Most older OSes are very insecure as they were built before we had to worry about all the viruses, worms, etc. And old OSes don't get security updates as well since they are no longer supported. Take care, Mike ______________________________ X-Message: #7 Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:35:07 -0400 From: "Linda A" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SC] Safe Computing Guidelines Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit According to Norton's website the only systems affected by the Sasser Worm are Windows 2000 and XP. I still have Windows 98. I guess there are advantages to having an older computer! Linda A _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com

Mike, this is what Norton's website says: WORM_SASSER.B [Trend], W32/Sasser.worm.b [McAfee], Worm.Win32.Sasser.b [Kaspersky], W32/Sasser-B [Sophos], Win32.Sasser.B [Computer Associates], Sasser.B [F-Secure], W32/Sasser.B.worm [Panda], Win32/Sasser.B.worm [RAV], W32/Sasser.B [F-Prot] Variants: W32.Sasser.Worm Type: Worm Infection Length: 15,872 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Novell Netware, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003 CVE References: CAN-2003-0533 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M E" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Safe Computing Guidelines > Linda, > > I hate to say it, but having older systems can be even worse. Most older > OSes are very insecure as they were built before we had to worry about all > the viruses, worms, etc. And old OSes don't get security updates as well > since they are no longer supported. > > Take care, > Mike > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #7 > Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:35:07 -0400 > From: "Linda A" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SC] Safe Computing Guidelines > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > According to Norton's website the only systems affected by the Sasser Worm > are Windows 2000 and XP. I still have Windows 98. I guess there are > advantages to having an older computer! > Linda A > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Message Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCROOTS > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >