Internet Worm Plaguing Computers Worldwide

Washington Post ^ | Brian Krebs

[Timesink]

[kipj]

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!

[antivenom]

YUP...

[wiseone]

it screwed up yahoo,and other mail sites,

you dont need to pay,look up AVG free virus

[WaterDragon]

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.

[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.

[antivenom]

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

[WaterDragon]

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.

[kayak]

For us real computer dummies .... how do we get rid of it if we find it? Just highlight it and delete?

[oyez]

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."

[Revolting cat!]

"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!"

[Vermonter]

Pause for the obligatory 'Macs hardly ever get hit with viruses' post

Please resume venting your frustrations at Microsoft. :-}

[TheBigB]

Detailed instructions:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly has been known to eat worms.

Never tried a Digital one, though.

Yet.

[RayBob]

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.

[Dante3]

bttt

[Enterprise]

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.

[San Jacinto]

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.

[Danette]

bump-for rubber-neckers