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Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 21, 2003, 01:09:41 am
I just reinstalled Windows, and I was immediately hit by it before I had updated Norton or Windows. However, it was quite easy to kill (just ending the process in Task Manager and then deleting all occurences on the hard drive). My question is, how did a virus that easy to kill cause so many problems?
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Fury on September 21, 2003, 01:15:42 am
How do you expect people to use task manager, registry editotor or how they could know what to search for from the Win partition if they don't even understand anything about firewalls, anti-virus softwares or how important it is to keep your system patched with latest security patches?

They don't because they don't know how to use or access those.
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 21, 2003, 01:17:22 am
True. This makes me think back to the person who ran the computer lab in my junior high a few years back: She had to call in someone else to tell her to Ctrl-Alt-Del.

EDIT: Apparently not only was I hit by the MSBlaster virus, I was also hit by the modified variant which attempts to save your computer too :p
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: SKYNET-011 on September 21, 2003, 06:23:56 pm
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
modified variant which attempts to save your computer


:wtf:

Why would anyone bother to make a good virus?
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 21, 2003, 06:27:52 pm
Because the guy who modified had misguided good intentions, and had the worm go and download the patch. The problem with it was it still clogged your network connection due to it's nature.
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Whitelight on September 21, 2003, 08:46:28 pm
I heard about that, on the net somewhere.. A bug to kill a bug. :lol:

It also stated that the person responcible for the MSBlast virius may be the same one who wrote the worm that seeks it out and kills it.:wtf:
I know, it doesn`t make much sence, does it.:lol:
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Assassin on September 22, 2003, 11:16:20 am
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Originally posted by Whitelight
I heard about that, on the net somewhere.. A bug to kill a bug. :lol:

It also stated that the person responcible for the MSBlast virius may be the same one who wrote the worm that seeks it out and kills it.:wtf:
I know, it doesn`t make much sence, does it.:lol:


Guilt, perhaps.
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Ashrak on September 22, 2003, 11:41:32 am
yeah for one someone makes a virus killing virus :) yay
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: SadisticSid on September 22, 2003, 12:25:04 pm
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Originally posted by Assassin


Guilt, perhaps.


Or maybe he just couldn't get to his favourite animal porn site because of all the chaos it caused. ^_^
Title: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Flipside on September 22, 2003, 12:25:15 pm
I think it because the Virus got a damn site more publicity than many others. possibly it was brown trousers syndrome?

I'm just waiting for 'Agent Smith' it's gotta happen ;)

Flipside :D
Title: Re: MSBlaster is actually a rather pathetic virus
Post by: Kosh on September 23, 2003, 07:18:26 pm
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
I just reinstalled Windows, and I was immediately hit by it before I had updated Norton or Windows. However, it was quite easy to kill (just ending the process in Task Manager and then deleting all occurences on the hard drive). My question is, how did a virus that easy to kill cause so many problems?




Not all of us have time to cruise the registry for the virus. Especially the IT guys.