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That internet worm .........Read if you have Windows.. [message #13265]

Tue, 12 August 2003 21:15

smith

On fire!

Registered: January 1970
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I got home from work yesterday and logged on. I didn't open any e-mail. I just went to hotmail. A screen popped up that said: SYSTEM SHUTDOWN..RPC (remote procedure call) is terminating your computer. No matter what I did, it kept coming on. I would log off and it would pop right back up. I was losing icons and my programs wouldn't come up. I couldn't even stay on long enough to tell anyone.

I think I have it under control for the moment. It's a worm called Blaster that attacks mostly home computers and you don't have to open anything to have it. It just gets you when you come on-line. If you have Windows 2001, XP, NT or server 2003, that's what it's going after. I have uptodate Norton Antivirus and it crashed right through it. There is a patch you can download and install. That's what seems to have saved mine. I had no idea I had to have it Sad

Here's the site:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

Here's an article on MSN news if you want to read it:
http://msnbc.com/m/pt/printthis_main.asp?storyID=951393

smith

		That internet worm .........Read if you have Windows.. By: smith on Tue, 12 August 2003 21:15
		It's a real b****... By: setras on Tue, 12 August 2003 21:30
		Windows Update includes the patch By: trevor on Wed, 13 August 2003 01:40
		Re: Windows Update includes the patch By: Guest on Wed, 13 August 2003 02:03
		Re: Windows Update includes the patch By: trevor on Wed, 13 August 2003 05:29
		Re: Windows Update includes the patch By: smith on Wed, 13 August 2003 11:07
		That danged worm By: Guest on Wed, 13 August 2003 15:56
		Do you need it for Win 98? By: e on Wed, 13 August 2003 19:37
		Nope, it seems those of us with 98 need not worry! By: arich on Wed, 13 August 2003 21:21
		I got it too By: nick on Wed, 13 August 2003 22:52
		This has been bizarre By: smith on Wed, 13 August 2003 23:18
		Blaster Update By: smith on Fri, 15 August 2003 21:09
		Windows XP users By: setras on Fri, 15 August 2003 21:29

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