Hanxter

IF YOU HAVE XP, 2000 OR NT4 READ THIS!!!

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/sec...9115645,00.htm

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

the bulletin # is 823980 if you need it
i got the patch with auto update back in July
you can search ms to see if you already have the patch by viewing installation history

Markaz

I just downloaded the MS update for XP today after like 6 months, so that means I'm safe?

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hobo

I know of 2 friends that got the worm. It keeps shutting down the computer so that you can't do anything. Just download all the windows updates and it goes away. If you already have it, the updates will fix it.

funbob

I suffered infection a while back, since then, every friday I scan for virus's as well as do the updates. In the end it has proven to be less expensive and less of a pain in my ass!!

water_boy1999

I'VE GOT WORMS!!!!!!!
I contracted the worms at home from my work computer. Here is what they sent me to cover my XP at home:

For users who cannot free up enough bandwidth to download the patch from Microsoft Corp., CERT recommends an alternative remedy. Users should physically disconnect the infected machine from the Internet or network. Then, kill the running copy of "msblast.exe" in the Task Manager utility. Users should then disable DCOM and reconnect to the Internet and download the patch.
Instructions for disabling DCOM are available at Microsoft's Knowledge Base Web site <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825750">here</a>

edit: fixed the link

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Doh!!!!


-Homer Simpson

denim

Yet Another Reason not to run Windows.

YourNeverThere

sweet sweet pathy goodness thnx hanxter

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Mr. Spacemonkey

my friends computer got the worm and my fathers computer had the worm. I'm just glad that i download those updates or i could have got it.... that would of sucked!

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"I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." -- Donnie Darko

Markaz

Yeah, but all the games are made for windows..and I don't use the comp for anything else then spamming TFP, games, AIM. Plus I don't want to hassel with WINux and stuff.. MEh

archer2371

Yeah, my computer got hit with the worm, but it's all fixed now, finally.

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"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."

kalisto_911

It is a nasty worm that has infected almost everyone I know already inculding both my home machines although it is relatively harmless if you can download the patch before it kills your comp.

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merkerguitars

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Please use the search function it is your friend.

Look at my mustang please feel free to comment!

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-motors/26985-my-project-84-mustang-gt.html

evo626

The worm is good for local computer repair shops. Helps bring in bussiness and at $25 a pop people who have little or no computer knowledge are spending the cash to have this virus removed. lol
At my work we have seen at least 50 people come in to have it removed.
evo

Tickford

Just another reason to get a firewall.

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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Samuel Goldwyn

Devilchild

i lost everything due to this one, had to format my whole harddrive i am gutted... i have learnt a big lesson, get a firewall + av

i8one2

my Dad got the worm, and I helped him throught it, I'll have to have a talk with him! He had Norton anti virus, and I beleive everything up to date, but will have to check with him on that one, afterall he is 1100 miles away.
All I have to say is thank god for all the freeware I use, and the safety measures.

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"Nothing That Gives Pleasure is Bad"

Quality is for those who know
what they want and are at peace with what they have.

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viejo gringo

It looks like a lot of servers out there got hit and are still
tying to recover....of coarse my ISP used that as an excuse
of why I could not get on and my neighbors could......

Trying to get to a lot of sites around the country this Sunday
morning, and they are not responding...

hooray for 98SE..........

shalafi

i just wiped and reinstalled with xp friday night and that thing had me within 15 minutes. luckily iremembered seeing a thread on the computers forum about the rpc message.......thank you tfp

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Tickford

Dude, I dont know why you had to format you disk. This doesnt delete anything, its non destrutive.

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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Samuel Goldwyn

snicka

the bottom line is if you have a static IP pointing to your machine, either put some firewall software on your computer or buy a router/firewall and block out all ports that you don't absolutely need open, which shouldn't be any since eventually someone will find a horrible exploit on a supposedly safe port.

punx1325

I wish I had known this a little sooner, my friend got it the day it came out, so we just reformatted his pc. oh well...at least he has a fresh start. Thanks for the info, now I know I am protected.

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If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is....

Maveric

the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms.... ahhh guess it wasn't that funny...

nothingx

While generally I would tend to agree with this statement, the patch was available for almost a month before this worm got out. When Microsoft says there's a critical update for your system and not upgrading could lead to a full system compromise, you should stop and get the patch immediately. I have little sympathy for those affected.

Hanxter

Follow-up on the worm... BLASTER

And yet another pops up... SoBig

Tickford

Dont they say that these thing come in three's....... so whats next???

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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Samuel Goldwyn

absorbentishe

At work, the worm shut down both of our servers. We were internet free for 3 days. Can't get any work done with out the internet.

Mad_Gecko

At least no one worked for Lockheed...

1200 pc' s infected according to Fark. (search the archives).

Only caused me two weeks of 14 hr days /

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[color=bright blue]W[/color]e Stick To Glass

"If three of us travel together, I shall find two teachers."
Confucious

megaspam

Gotta love my iBook, no worms here. A couple of my windows machines got it, though.

etla

This has been hitting my work really hard. It's a real pain in the ass because even if your machines are all patched all the infected machines from out side your network spike you traffic.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
>Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com
>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:07:14 -0700

>The following are the file sizes for our compressed daily firewall logs.
>There are a few interesting dates. The spike for 26 Jan 2003 is the SQL
>Slammer worm. The increase in early March is an exploit for port 445 on MS
>products. Finally the major spike on Aug 12 is Blaster.

>So, we have gone from about 2Mbytes/day of compressed log data at the
>beginning of the year to about 20Mbytes/day now. There is no end in >sight.


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