XP worm?

[ADoozer]

i heard today about a worm or some such virus that can attack your XP machine with just a connection to the net?!?

unfortunately that was all i was told and a search on microsoft for XP and virus OR worm reviels multiple hits.

can anyone point me to the fix?

thnx in advance!

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[carrr]

MSBlaster worm.

Go to thread779-627674
Be sure and thank bcastner

 

[Turkbear]

Many victims, so get thee to

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6c-c5b6-44ac-9532-3de40f69c074&displaylang=en

( also take a look at:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

For detailed info on this nasty creature)

Steps: ( also see previous link)
Update your Anti-Virus software
Scan and remove any infected files found
Apply the patch
reboot
virus scan again..

Hurry...

 

[ADoozer]

how long has it been out there (im gonna read in a second but u guys are very quick) my XP is currently of the network and hasnt been on for about 3 days!!!

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[carrr]

The patch has been available for about a month. Nobody listened to Microsoft ('course, that's not surprising...) Infections have really exploded in the last three days.

 

[ADoozer]

eek i just read its on 2k machines too... i dont see the msblast thing thouhh!

luckily im up to date on windows critical updates...

cheers guys!

and a star for bcastner in the other thread!

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[knightro]

Hello-

I received your email from tek-tips and am desperate for help. My home computer has been infected with the msblast worm and it is to the point where I cannot load Windows XP (Professional Edition). When I turn on my computer, it appears to run normally and the just before the windows screen would normally turn on, it "trips" over itself and restarts the booting process. I have tried to boot in safe mode with no luck. It simply will not complete the booting process. To top it off, I do not have my windows xp disk. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks-