Interesting.
Test bedded the following.
Disconnect.
CTRL/ALT/DELETE and bring up the processes tab. Killed MSBLAST
Searched for the file MSBLAST.EXE and delete it.
Turned on the XP version of firewall.
And then connected fine without re-infection. (No reg-hack, no noughting else (it's...
Either that or make sure you have a firewall in place after you remove MSBLAST and you can download at leisure.
Test bedded 7 times and a firewall will block re-infection allowing you to download the patch.
There is no complete fix (other than giving your accountant a heart attack for having to pay for the security fix to be mailed to you on CD, or buying an off the shelf fire wall to block re-infection until you get the fix downloaded)
The reason for this is. Each PC infected (yes the MAC users...
How to make sure your connection is fire walled.
Start
Then (depending on how you have XP set up)
Control Panel
OR
Settings>Control Panel
If you have large letters at the top of the window saying "Pick a category" then on the left column click on "switch to classic view"...
Belive me when I say. It's still running as a process. If you're still connected when you try this, then you are still reciving infected packets.
You must disconnect (try restarting without your modem plugged in)
Kill the process (yes it will be there)
Delete the file (it's in system32)
Make...
Oh! BTW. Next time you guys in MIS dis us plebs in tech. support when it comes around to payrise time.
RTFM and make sure that guy you employed as "Network Admin" actually knows what he's talking about :)
I have a current fix (XP only (cause XP has an inbuilt firewall))
The current worm using this hole is MSBLAST.exe
FIX
Disconnect.
CTRL/ALT/DELETE and bring up the processes tab. Kill MSBLAST
Search for the file MSBLAST.EXE and delete it (it's a new trojan worm).
turn on the XP version of...
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