Sasser blues

Another virus… go to MS, download the patch, install the patch, I guess this means that I’ll have to reboot, yes, it does:

Before you install this update, we recommend that you:

– Update your system repair disk (that fills me with confidence)
– Back up your system (stuff that)
– Close all open programs

So I have to shut down Putty which is running a MySQL session, Dreamweaver, Apache, Notes, several instances of Firefox with stuff in them I had found and wanted to look at later…. This is a drag.

And yes, I do decide to back-up my stuff (which takes ages) so hours later the patch is in place, and the firewall and virus checker updated.