Internet Worm Plaguing Computers Worldwide

Washington Post ^ | Brian Krebs

[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]

[6ppc]

Affects only Nt4, 2000 and XP. 95 and 98 are safe.

[Howlin]

Do a Start, Search, Find MSblast.exe.

I bet you have it.

[WaterDragon]

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!

[Howlin]

Go here:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

and get the worm removal tool.

Follow the directions EXACTLY.

[Howlin]

You can also do a CONTROL/ALT/DELETE to bring up what Windows Task thingy.

If you've got it, it will be there.

[Howlin]

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!

:-)

[San Jacinto]

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.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

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

[GSWarrior]

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?

[WaterDragon]

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.

[King Prout]

thanks!

[King Prout]

uh-oh.*downloading patch NOW*

[WaterDragon]

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?

[zeugma]

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.

[Preech1]

You know, Pin-X is real good at getting rid of worms too....

[comnet]

I shoulda downloaded that patch when MS first notified me.
link please

[SSN558]

As soon as I clicked on this thread, Zone Alarm popped up to block access by mblast. Can't upgrade the virus checker though.

[King Prout]

I want some of those for the next time i visit Atlanta or Tallahassee.
Yes, for the strip clubs.

[Enterprise]

Ok - thanks!

[6ppc]

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!