Upgrading IE detects Nimda ?

[Sean Kelly <lists () shortestpath org>]

Hi there,

        I've just finished cleaning up some Windows 98 (and 98 SE)
workstations from infection by Nimda.  On a couple of the machines I found
I could not upgrade Internet Explorer - the install fell over with a
message about a previous installation not completing, and that I would
need to restart the machine.  No matter how many times the machines were
rebooted I could not get IE5.5+SP2 to install.

        However, realising some stupidity on my part (it's been a long day
:) I spotted these machine were still infected by Nimda.  After removing
the relevant files and config changes I found IE5.5+SP2 installed ok.

        Regards,

--
Sean Kelly


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