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From: irwanhadi at phxby.com (Irwan Hadi)
Subject: what to do

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:33:11PM -0400, Justin Shin wrote:

> Hi All --
> 
> My cousin recently got a nasty RPC/DCOM worm and she cannot use Windows update because when the RPC is shutdown, SYSTEM automatically initiates a shutdown of the computer as you are all aware of. What is the best solution to keep data files intact while removing this worm? I have tried going to the Registry Run, no entries ar ethere besides legitimate startup stuff. Any suggestions?
> 

Go install another Windows on a different hard drive, and mount that
partition, backup the data to that hard drive, and reinstall the old
hard drive.
(you can get a Maxtor 160 GB for $80)

Or if you don't want to spend some $$$ for new hard drive, go download
Knoppix (Linux), mount the partition, and FTP the files to some
temporary place.