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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]
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
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: xrp; WaterDragon
Affects only Nt4, 2000 and XP. 95 and 98 are safe.
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posted on
08/12/2003 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
6ppc
To: WaterDragon
Do a Start, Search, Find MSblast.exe.
I bet you have it.
42
posted on
08/12/2003 3:24:09 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: San Jacinto
Back in the seventies, my husband cashed his paycheck at the bank. He had NO money in his wallet before going to the bank, and came straight home. He handed me housekeeping money and I noticed that one of the twenties did not have "In God we trust" on it. He immediately returned to the bank and without telling them a thing, exchanged that twenty for two tens. I suppose it was risky, but he was SO incensed at being given a counterfeit bill BY THE BANK! LOL!
43
posted on
08/12/2003 3:24:59 PM PDT
by
WaterDragon
(America the beautiful, I love this nation of immigrants.)
To: kayak
44
posted on
08/12/2003 3:25:31 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: Enterprise
You can also do a CONTROL/ALT/DELETE to bring up what Windows Task thingy.
If you've got it, it will be there.
45
posted on
08/12/2003 3:27:02 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: Danette
And thank YOU for asking your question on the other thread; my niece had the same thing your son did, so I just followed along!
:-)
46
posted on
08/12/2003 3:28:04 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: WaterDragon
I noticed that one of the twenties did not have "In God we trust" on it.Didn't you see that story about the freak twenty dollar bill? Back in the seventies a hippie type worked at the Denver mint. He blocked out the "in God We Trust" stamp on a run of bills. He was caught and almost none of the bills made it out of the mint. The few that made it into circulation are quite valuable, though. There are thought to be less than ten of the bills in existence and each one has an estimated value of $6 million dollars.
Don't forget to read my tagline.
47
posted on
08/12/2003 3:37:15 PM PDT
by
San Jacinto
(just joking)
To: WaterDragon
my laptop was also infected yesterday every time I tried to do a virus scan to find my infected files my system would restart it took me about 8 hours to complete a virus scan so my mcafee could clean them up
To: WaterDragon
My home computer has it. So you just download the patch and it takes care of the problem? Does it include instructions on how to execute it?
To: GSWarrior
The patch stopped the crashes. As is noted in this thread, I guess I still have to hunt down the registry to get it completely out of my computer.
50
posted on
08/12/2003 3:49:32 PM PDT
by
WaterDragon
(America the beautiful, I love this nation of immigrants.)
To: tallhappy
thanks!
51
posted on
08/12/2003 3:49:37 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: xrp
uh-oh.*downloading patch NOW*
52
posted on
08/12/2003 3:50:26 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: Howlin
NOTE: You need administrative rights to run this tool on Windows 2000, or Windows XP. How do you get administrative rights on your own computer? Should I try?
53
posted on
08/12/2003 3:51:35 PM PDT
by
WaterDragon
(America the beautiful, I love this nation of immigrants.)
To: Vermonter
We interrupt this thread to allow for a Penguin-Powered Linux gloat.
Look Ma! No Worms!
We now return you to the "how the heck can you fix this broken microsoft thingy" program.
54
posted on
08/12/2003 3:52:12 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Hate pop-up ads? Here's the fix: http://www.mozilla.org/ Now Version 1.4!)
To: Howlin
You know, Pin-X is real good at getting rid of worms too....
55
posted on
08/12/2003 3:52:51 PM PDT
by
Preech1
(Pax Romana, meet Pax Americana...)
To: WaterDragon
I shoulda downloaded that patch when MS first notified me.
link please
56
posted on
08/12/2003 3:54:08 PM PDT
by
comnet
To: WaterDragon
As soon as I clicked on this thread, Zone Alarm popped up to block access by mblast. Can't upgrade the virus checker though.
57
posted on
08/12/2003 3:54:53 PM PDT
by
SSN558
(Be on the lookout for Black White-Supremacists)
To: Timesink
I want some of those for the next time i visit Atlanta or Tallahassee.
Yes, for the strip clubs.
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posted on
08/12/2003 3:56:23 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: Howlin
Ok - thanks!
To: RayBob
Symantec Security Response Follow the instructions at this site, then make sure you go to the Windows Update site and install ALL critical updates...NOW!
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posted on
08/12/2003 3:59:26 PM PDT
by
6ppc
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