[PoisedWoman]

The Microsoft flaw affects Windows technology used to share data files across computer networks.

Does this mean it woon't spread to those of us who do not work on networks? Also, I only surf on AOL...will I be safe? Hope so, because any virus sends me and my puter down to the local whiz at $65/hour....totally incapable of doing anything technical myself. I have Norton. Will Norton get it before it gets me?

I was infected by BadTrans awhile back....before I got Norton. Nasty! It came in a private email from a freeper's private email to my aol address, come to think of it

[Knitebane]

Does this mean it woon't spread to those of us who do not work on networks?

The Internet is a network. The biggest network.

If your Windows computer is connected in such a way that you can access other computers via TCP/IP, you are at risk from this worm.

LAN, modem, DSL, and cable are all affected.

[Salo]

Patch your system and update your virus defs.

[Timesink]

Also, I only surf on AOL...will I be safe?

No. Do what's being suggested in this thread.

[FairOpinion]

I hope you have both the Norton anti-virus AND the Firewall.

Be sure you keep updating Norton, not just with the Live Update, which you may have set at automatic, but new virus definitions come almost daily, which you can and should download manually.


Just go to:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/download/pages/US-N95.html

then just click on the ong.exe file, which has a date next to it, to identify the date it was posted, your computer will do the rest, You may have to click on "yes" to install it.

That should help some.