Blaster worm

From: Alice (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:27:45 -0800

I remember several months ago there was a large amount of
information about a virus or worm named Blast or Blaster
or SoBig. I think it was MBlast.exe or something similar.
It appeared to only infect WinXP systems. My previous
WinXP had a download (Critical Update) for this problem
and it was KB823980 and I could see it listed when I went
to the Control Panel / Add/Delete Programs.
However, my son gave us a new notebook with WinXP on it.
However, we remembered the Blast(er) problem and looked in
the Add/Remove Programs and did not see KB23980 listed. We
went to the MS Critical Update page and there was no
Critical Update there to be downloaded for KB823980, nor
was there a Critical Update download for KB824146, which
we have learned is supposed to be a replacement for
KB823980. Can someone please tell us (senior citizens)
what we should do now to ease our minds about this 'virus'
(Blast/Blaster) which caused so much damage a few months
ago? My husband was advised (in a previous post) to
download KB824146 from another site (other than MS), which
we are really hesitant in doing because we would not like
to do something that could cause problems on this new
notebook. Can someone please help solve this problem for
us? Could it be we are already protected with some other
Critical Update download? Maybe our version of WinXP is
already protected? Please help us.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Blaster worm
    ... W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool ... > It appeared to only infect WinXP systems. ... > WinXP had a download (Critical Update) for this problem ... > Critical Update download? ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Blast(er) virus/ worm
    ... information about a virus or worm named Blast or Blaster ... It appeared to only infect WinXP systems. ... WinXP had a download (Critical Update) for this problem ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Critical Update
    ... I also believe there was a Critical Update ... to download which would protect against that virus. ... My previuos notebook with WinXP had the KB823980 ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Blaster worm
    ... When we recevied the new notebook (with WinXP) we ... you are now safe to download ... >> WinXP had a download (Critical Update) for this problem ... my son gave us a new notebook with WinXP on it. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Update Site Lists Updates That You Already Installed
    ... Windows update continually asks to D/L ... critical update 823559, even though i have loaded it many times. ... RegEdit was for WinXP. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)