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Reliance on Microsoft Installer Service = FAIL

Some boneheaded friends of mine got themselves infected with the Email-Worm.win32.NetSky.q worm.

Upon installing antivirus software to handle it, I got an error about how the Microsoft Installer Service was not running. When trying to start it manually (net start msiserver), I got an error about how it was missing or not found or something.

Again, I humbly request a stand-alone scanner/cleaner from anti-malware makers, something than I can run straight off my write-protected flash drive / jumpdrive.

Thank you for your time.

-Hawk
Humble SysAdmin (who now has to wipe the drive and re-install Windows)

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