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Internet Worm Plaguing Computers Worldwide
Washington Post ^
| Brian Krebs
Posted on 08/12/2003 2:09:59 PM PDT by WaterDragon
A fast-spreading Internet worm infecting more than a million computers worldwide forced the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration to shut its offices for the day and is causing problems for other computer networks in the Washington region. The worm, dubbed "Blaster" by security experts, is having a "sporadic" effect on federal agency networks, said a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security......(snip) [Article is long but good]
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: computers; computervirus; crashes; denialofservice; download; microsoft; ms; msblast; patch; portal; servicesmsc; virus; vulnerable; worm
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To: Lazamataz
21
posted on
08/12/2003 2:37:44 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: xrp
One would assume that Freepers would be smart enough to keep up on critical updates and avoid Symantic products with the exception of Norton Anti-Virus . . .
Well, I guess not!
22
posted on
08/12/2003 2:37:57 PM PDT
by
kipj
To: tallhappy
YUP...
23
posted on
08/12/2003 2:38:13 PM PDT
by
antivenom
(BEING OFFENDED means never having to answer an argument)
To: discostu
it screwed up yahoo,and other mail sites,
you dont need to pay,look up AVG free virus
24
posted on
08/12/2003 2:38:19 PM PDT
by
wiseone
To: tallhappy
Last night I ran Spybot a couple of times, and it pulled up several of the HKEY....registries. I deleted them all!
I'm not sure I know how to do what you suggest.
25
posted on
08/12/2003 2:38:39 PM PDT
by
WaterDragon
(America the beautiful, I love this nation of immigrants.)
To: Ronin
Last night I updated everything off the Windows Japan site, which Microsoft (in their benign tyranny) insists on directing me to because I have the Japanese XP installed.
It was a total of 10 updates, one of whom I sincerely hope was the patch.
I also set the XP firewall. Hopefully, I am covered now.
26
posted on
08/12/2003 2:39:52 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui tacet consentit!)
To: tallhappy
Folks who want to do this...
Go the START button...select RUN...enter Regedit....you will see the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Do a EDIT -> FIND
type in msblast.exe
get rid of it if it is in your registry
27
posted on
08/12/2003 2:40:24 PM PDT
by
antivenom
(BEING OFFENDED means never having to answer an argument)
To: tallhappy
I don't think the error message was part of the worm. My computer stopped crashing once I downloaded the patch at Microsoft's url.
28
posted on
08/12/2003 2:46:04 PM PDT
by
WaterDragon
(America the beautiful, I love this nation of immigrants.)
To: antivenom
For us real computer dummies .... how do we get rid of it if we find it? Just highlight it and delete?
29
posted on
08/12/2003 2:47:47 PM PDT
by
kayak
(God bless President Bush, our military, and our nation!)
To: South40
Reminds me off old joke we've all heard.
Punchline: And the drunk says "Preacher, it proves if you drink whiskey you won't get worms."
30
posted on
08/12/2003 2:48:02 PM PDT
by
oyez
To: WaterDragon
"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!"
31
posted on
08/12/2003 2:48:12 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Go ahead, make my day and re-state the obvious! Again!)
To: Leroy S. Mort
Pause for the obligatory 'Macs hardly ever get hit with viruses' post
Please resume venting your frustrations at Microsoft. :-}
To: kayak
Detailed instructions:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
33
posted on
08/12/2003 2:50:45 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Some say shoot to kill. Others say shoot to maim. I say empty the f'n clip and let God make the call)
To: WaterDragon
Muttly has been known to eat worms.
Never tried a Digital one, though.
Yet.
34
posted on
08/12/2003 2:52:31 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(A Muttly Bribed is a Muttly Earned)
To: tallhappy
Question: I did a search of my registry and found MSBlast.exe in the registry, but not anywhere else. The search of the registry for "msblast.exe" brought up the following:
ab(default) (value not set)
ab a ""
ab b "temp"
ab c "msblast.exe"
ab MRUList "Cab"
What do I do with these?
Your help would be appreciated.
35
posted on
08/12/2003 2:56:54 PM PDT
by
RayBob
To: WaterDragon
bttt
36
posted on
08/12/2003 3:02:03 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: antivenom
Thank you. Your post gave me peace of mind. I followed your instructions and msblast.exe did not appear in the registry. But I wouldn't have known without following your instructions.
To: Lazamataz
That's nothing! I got a counterfeit $20 bill!A friend of mine was busted for passing a counterfeit $100 dollar bill at Wal-Mart. Turns out the bill was not counterfeit, just old. He spent the night in jail, though.
Comment #39 Removed by Moderator
To: WaterDragon
bump-for rubber-neckers
40
posted on
08/12/2003 3:11:35 PM PDT
by
Danette
(Bush 2004)
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