[RandomTiger]

It got me

Get your firewalls up and your virus software updated and wait for your less secure friends to start phoning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3143625.stm

[Taristin]

LOL! I heard about this one on the news! It attacks Microsoft from MS enabled computers! Funny stuff...

[Ashrak]

how do i get rid of it? only antivirus soft?

[vyper]

Could this be.... this>> http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,16729.0.html

[Taristin]

*downloads sysgate*

[Unknown Target]

where can I get the patch? Just the patch, not the fix.

[Whitelight]

A format will also kill it, but then it would kill all data. It would be an uphill climb trying to re-program.. And to get it back in the condition it was previously in before the bug..

 But then I have a better solution, its called GO BACK it can reinstate all data on your harddrive back to a time before you picked up a nasty bug, or even if your system won`t Boot up. Go Back will hold up to a full weeks restore data (7) days.

A Virus program is a must have thing, i have stopped 2 bugs to date, have them trapped on a floppy serving a life sentence:lol: Hmm, now where did I put floppy prison, oh well i`ll just have to make a new one..

There three choices that i know of.. If you choose a virus scanner, don`t forget to update your virus definitions, me I have an auto-update, at lease twice a week.

[Exarch]

Easiest way to get the patch is to simply connect to the internet and run windows update, then grab any updates with 'security' in the title.

[Solatar]

meh, I just wasted my time downloaded all the updates.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Solatar
meh, I just wasted my time downloaded all the updates.

Generally thats not a waste of time.  You're probably safe for the next few updates.

Most fixes come out a few weeks before the announcement that a hack or bug is present in the code.

[Warlock]

Ummm yea,... I just got rid of this bastard.

Fair warning,... I'm running Avast Antivirus, and the full Norton System Works 2003 Suit,...and NONE of them detected nor were able to remove this virus.

If you go to the Norton site you can find info here : http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

They've included a download link for the removal tool (near the bottom) which also links you to the win update page for the windows patch file that will make your system immune to MSBlast.
Note: This only attacks Win2000 and WinXP, it also blocks use of updaters (Winupdate and Norton Liveupdate) and can possibly block internet useage.

Sadly I only knew I had it because I'm constantly using my Win2k's Task monitor to see what programs are kicking and remove background progs,...and I noticed "MSblast.exe" and this morning heard about the virus on the radio going into work, none of my active protections caught the bug.

[Turnsky]

i think i must be lucky.... i haven't got it yet, that said.. i did download all the security updates..

[TheVirtu]

*hugs Windows 98*

I'mm immmmune...immmune!

Windows 95/98/ME arent affected by MSBlaster.

[mikhael]

I walked into work this morning, dropped my laptop on the docking station and powered up.

And had the network practically all to myself.

All the Windows machines were offline while IT went around with a CD full of the latest patches and patched everyone up. Meanwhile, us FreeBSD and Linux users were able to get our work done with zero hassle.

What I want to know is why IT, who push patches to the network clients DAILY,  hadn't patched the clients up to date for a vulnerability that had been reported and patched a month ago?

[Liberator]

The son-of-a-@#$@$ got on my dad's laptop.  The only symptom was a failure of the RPC service when you were connected to the Internet.  I DLed Norton's fix and IT DIDN'T WORK.  So I did a search for files named *blaster*.*.  Bingo, there it was MSBLASTER.EXE  and an associated file.  I looked in the task manager and turned it off and then deleted both files.  Problem solved.  My dad thinks it's my fault anytime anything #@$@s up on his comp because I have installed a few programs and he doesn't know what's going on half the time when I show him anyway.

[Kamikaze]

ah, I wuv my firewall. (not that it matters in my case)

[diamondgeezer]

AVG has an update for the bug. Whether it works or not remains to be seen. BTW, I'm no expert on these matters - will my router help protect me against this thing?

[Fury]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
will my router help protect me against this thing?

No unless it's a router with firewall. And it's configured to block port 135.

[diamondgeezer]

Just emailed everyone I know about the bug, linkingto the BBC website. Here's my uncle's reply (he's working in China):

Thanks for the warning, me old fruit, but since this is China the Beeb website has been choppered by the thought police. Never mind, working on the principle that exposure to an infection produces antibodies, thereby bolstering resistance, I should have the hardiest computer on the planet. Since most viruses emanate in China I'm surrounded by them constantly. Most of my neighbours sit up through the night in their undercrackers germinating worms, it's the national sport.

And another thing. Since I'm now receiving more than a hundred e-mails a day for dick pills and wonder-money at my lineone address I've decided to migrate to censored In the three years I've been running this address I haven't had a single spam. If I start getting them now you're a dead man!

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by TheVirtu
*hugs Windows 98*

I'mm immmmune...immmune!

Windows 95/98/ME arent affected by MSBlaster.

That still doesn't mean 9x is a decent OS platform

Viruses are the least of it's problems...

I installed the patch on the two machines here that run XP most of the time. When I can be bothered, I'll install it on this one too (as this machine hardly ever boots into XP these days it's hardly a priority).