We had a customer's box at work infected Monday. We loaded SP4 on it from CD (they obviously have not worried about upgrades) but everytime we tried to go online it would start acting up and would not let us get to the update site. It appeared to be waiting for the machines specific IP addy. I reallocated a new IP for the server and like magic we were able to go online and apply all the critical updates. Reset the IP back to the original and rebooted and we were good to go.
I'm not really sure if the virus works that way but if you are in a corporate environment and have unused IP space you can allocate temporarily then give it a shot. Don't reassign a new IP until you are ready to go online immediately for the updates. Best of luck! I am definitely not lookiing forward to the 16th when the crap hits the fan. We had another customer who's internal clock was set to the wrong day. The box went nuts when it thought it turned August 16. A real nightmare. This could really end up crippling the entire internet with all the traffic it will generate if those morons do not update their boxes ASAP! 
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX)
Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting.
Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well.
You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape.
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