Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 841720 contains the following summary:
Microsoft has
released a tool to help you
remove the Sasser worm variants from your computer.
If you are
running Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or
later or a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP,
the Windows Update Web site and Automatic Updates will offer you version 2.0 of the Microsoft Sasser Worm Removal Tool to
remove Sasser.A,
Sasser.B,
Sasser.C,
and Sasser.D infections.
Version 4.0 of the Sasser Worm Removal Tool includes support for
removing the Sasser.A,
Sasser.B,
Sasser.C,
Sasser.D,
and Sasser.E variants of the worm and adds support for
removing the Sasser.F variant of the worm.
Version 4.0 is available from the Microsoft Download Center.
Technical updates
| • | February 8,
2005: Microsoft
replaced this tool with the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.
For additional information about the Malicious Software Removal Tool,
click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
890830
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps
remove specific,
prevalent malicious software from computers that are
running Windows Server 2003,
Windows XP,
or Windows 2000 |
| • | May 11, 2004: Microsoft released version 4.0 of the Sasser Worm Removal Tool to the Microsoft Download Center. Version 4.0 adds support for detecting and for removing the Sasser.F variant of the worm. |
| • | May 09, 2004: Microsoft released version 3.0 of the Sasser Worm Removal Tool to the Microsoft Download Center. Version 3.0 adds support for detecting and for removing the Sasser.E variant of the worm. |
| • | May 04, 2004: Microsoft released version 2.0 of the Sasser Worm Removal Tool to the Microsoft Download Center and to the Windows Update Web site. Version 2.0 adds support for detecting and for removing the Sasser.C variant of the worm and the Sasser.D variant of the worm. |
| • | May 01, 2004: Microsoft released version 1.0 of the Sasser Worm Removal Tool to the Microsoft Download Center. Version 1.0 detects and removes the Sasser.A worm and the Sasser.B worm. |
