Comments on: Microsoft offers Zotob removal tool

Software also kills several variants and other bugs that exploit the same vulnerability, a flaw in Windows' plug-and-play feature.

Incomplete

I downloaded the application and it seems horribly incomplete. It does not remove the most pernicious malicious software on the system, such as ActiveX, Outlook, and Window Media Player. What do you suppose the odds are that they will fix those oversights?

Yes, incomplete, but...

A Microsoft spokesman is recently quoted as saying that despite
Microsoft's efforts to remove these packages, including IE, they
have found that indeed they cannot be removed without
crippling the OS.

"Customers have a choice. They can remove these components
manually and consequently become entirely immune from
network attacks, but the OS will not function. Or, they can leave
them enabled (recommended), but the OS will come under
severe network attack on a daily basis. We are confident
customers will make the right choice."

A little late!

Well fashionably late as usual for Microsoft. At least for a removal tool. The actual patch was released 9 days before the worm hit. Still not enough time to give companies a chance to test it and approve it for SUS push.

But our company got hit with this worm, and I managed to write a script to push down via GPO to wipe this sucker out without any down time to the user.

Oh look, Microsoft finally decides to release a removal tool.

[cjohn17]

Let Me Ask Politely

Honestly, doesn't this kind of MS foolishness wear you and your
company out? It certainly doesn't seem like they really care about
customer service or standards of quality.